V.   Sacraments

Satisfaction is the sixth of the seven (7) Key Sacraments also known as the Keys of Heaven. The Sacrament of Satisfaction is the Key that unlocks the Living Virtue of Cheerfulness. It is present in all fourteen of the Cardinal Sacraments and specifically in the most sacred Apostolic Life Sacrament of Resolution. The Sacrament of Satisfaction may also be granted and conferred on its own in accordance with these Canons and associated approved liturgy.

The purpose of the sacrament of Satisfaction is the formal recognition of the fulfilment and completion of any outstanding conditions and terms of an agreement recognized as possessing sacred value and importance. The meaning of Satisfaction is derived from two latin words satis meaning “enough, sufficient” and factio meaning “making, doing”. Hence Satisfaction literally means “sufficient making or doing”.

The sacrament of Satisfaction comprises the completion of three separate and deliberate Acts in order: Act One being the Act of Condition, Act Two being the Act of Fulfilment and Act Three being the Act of Completion:

(i) The Act of Condition as Act One is the existence of sufficient conditions for the fulfilment and completion of some agreement; and

(ii) The Act of Fulfilment as Act Two is the formal recognition that sufficient conditions have officially led to the fulfilment of the terms of some agreement; and

(iii) The Act of Completion as Act Three is the completion of any fiduciary obligations prior to the proper transmittal of any residual to the proper parties upon the closure of the agreement.