Roman Catholic Ordo

The following is a summary of the article at http://www.reachingcatholics.org/way_of.html

A popular post-Vatican II catechism provides the following summary of the Church’s teaching.

Question: What is necessary to be saved?

Answer: You have to be brought into spiritual contact with that saving death of Jesus by faith and Baptism and loyal membership in His Church, by love of God and neighbor proved by obedience to His commandments, by the other Sacraments especially Holy Communion, by prayer and good works and by final perseverance, that is, preserving God’s friendship and grace until death.*

• believing
• being baptized
• being a loyal member of the Church
• loving God
• loving his neighbor
• keeping the Ten Commandments
• receiving the sacraments, especially Holy Communion
• praying
• doing good works
• dying in a state of grace