What are sacramentals?
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The Church has instituted sacramentals — through which God showers us with grace and prepares us to receive the sacraments. There are three main “types” of sacramentals: blessings, consecrations and…
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The Church has instituted sacramentals — through which God showers us with grace and prepares us to receive the sacraments. There are three main “types” of sacramentals: blessings, consecrations and…
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In marriage, Jesus gives spouses sacramental grace to take up their crosses and follow Him. By this grace, spouses learn to lay down their lives for each other and for…
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Priests play a unique role in the Church because they, in a special way, are the hands and feet of Jesus and allow us to receive the sacraments and hear…
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Jesus wants to be with us in our suffering so he gave the Church the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
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When you feel prompted by the Holy Spirit, don’t be afraid to seek healing and forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance.
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In the Mass, Heaven and earth, all the angels and saints, come together in communion with Jesus Christ to participate in the worship of God.
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Through the sacrament of the Eucharist, Jesus gives us himself in a radical way.
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The Sacrament of Confirmation seals us with the Holy Spirit and connects us more deeply to Christ, and the Church, and her mission.
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Baptism gives us a new life, brings us into God’s family–the Church, and changes us radically and permanently.
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Are the sacraments more than the simple actions and words involved? Through the sacraments Jesus makes himself visibly and tangibly present to us and the world around us.
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In the Mass we participate in the “work of God” as the “people of God.” Through, with, and in Jesus, we offer our lives to God the Father in the…
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Jesus said that at the end of time, all of us will be given a new body and rise from the dead. This applies to all people — those who…
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