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5 days ago · Do you know what a sacrament is? Do you know how many there are? Can you name them? Do you know what they do? These are important questions that every Catholic should be able to answer. If it's a bit fuzzy or confusing, here is a short primer that lays out the big picture of our relationship to the...
5 days ago · At the Council of Trent (1545–63), the Roman Catholic Church formally fixed the number of sacraments at seven: baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, penance, holy orders, matrimony, and anointing of the sick. The theology of the Eastern Orthodox churches also fixed the number of sacraments at seven.
Pope Benedict XVI stressed the need for formation and instruction about the Holy Eucharist (“mystagogical catechesis”), and religious signs and gestures are an important part of this. The Sign of the Cross. The most often used Catholic sign is crossing oneself. It is, in itself, a full and complete prayer.
5 days ago · O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the Sacred Mysteries of Your Body and Blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemtion. Who live and reight with God the Father...
4 days ago · THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH, PART 1 | DR DAVID OGBUELI #sacraments #church
4 days ago · The Sacraments by Kevin W. Irwin "The heart of this book is about the ways in which the liturgy of the sacraments has been celebrated and understood in history and the ways in which the liturgy can (and should) influence how we understand the sacraments today."
3 days ago · The Sacrament, which consists of both ordinary bread and water (rather than wine or grape juice), is prepared by priesthood holders prior to the beginning of the meeting. At the beginning of the Sacrament, priests say specific prayers to bless the bread and water.
