Sacramentals

Maximillian Kolbe can be seen living a sacramental life when he offered to give up his life in order to save a fellow prisoner, founded a religious group and staying firm in his faith. Because of the many courageous and heroic actions that Maximillian performed, he was then canonized in 1982 by Pope John Paul II. Even after his death, Kolbe is still being highly regarded and admired for the great person he was. One reason that he was highly regarded to was because he decided that a fellow…

because we are technically adoptive children of God and God would want us to do so! 4. If a priest or minister is in the state of mortal sin, would that affect the couple receiving the Sacrament of Matrimony (or would it make the marriage non sacramental/invalid)? ANSWER: Even though a priest should not be in the state of sin, it does not affect the couple receiving the Sacrament. But in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, if a priest is in the state of mortal sin or does not perform the proper…

world. We baptize, forgive, heal, and bless all in the name of Christ. While the way we celebrate the sacraments has changed since Vatican II, the faith of the Church in Christ's active presence in the sacraments has not. Because we Catholics are a sacramental people, we experience the presence of God in the…

The circumstances that led my aunt and uncle to meet each other for the first time was that they went to school together. They both went to ITT Tech together and started talking to one another. The things they did to get to know each other better were small stuff like talk to one another and meet each other’s family. They had also hung out together and went on dates. Also, they said that they sometimes would go paintballing with each other just to have fun. “We would commonly go to the movies…

Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. The sacramental sign of Confirmation is the anointing with oil with the words, “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.” The Catholic Church is the community of those who profess their belief in Jesus. Christ as the Son of God, publicly affirm that belief through Baptism, Celebrate it through the Eucharist, accept the teachings of Christ that have come down to us from the apostles; they carry out the sacramental life, and mission of Church under the…

1. What events in your family of origin were significant in creating you to be the person you are today? Response: It seems the women in my family passed along their spiritual fever through the generations. My great grandmother, grandmother, and mother were all active in church, consistent in faith and prayer, and committed to reading and living by the Bible. My mother in particularly spent much time reading me Bible story and scriptural text. You see, it was five children in my family and dad…

The History of Catholic women deaconesses and priests There are around 50,000 women deacons that have had parishes all around the eastern part of the Catholic Church during the history of the Catholic Church . Women deacons played an essential role in their community, The catholic church has told us that, because only they as women could enter the women's quarters. Only women could effectively prepare and impact another woman's life, and other women catechumens for their joining the Church…

The Holy Eucharist is the focal point in spiritual nourishment in the Catholic life. By deeply analysing the symbols utilized in the poster promoting the Eucharist we can receive and insight into the reason why the Eucharist is of such significance to the Catholic life. The Golden Chalice situated as the focal point of the poster represents the glass in which Jesus instituted his blood at the last supper to his disciples. The Chalice is a visual representation of the Last Supper. The Chalice…

How does Pope Francis’s letter, Laudato Si, relate to the ideals of the Sacramentality and how can the themes of Laudato Si present a new perspective in a sacramental way? Pope Francis’s Papal Encyclical entitled Laudato Si, which means “Be Praised”, illustrates a spectrum of global issues and how human beings are intended to solve the matter. Issues such as; preservation of the environment, protecting life and creation, and a general decline in moral and spirituality amongst all people of…

Cardinal Marc Ouellet discusses in his work, Mystery and Sacrament of Love: A Theology of Marriage and Family for the New Evangelization, nuptial love and the nuptial mystery as well as the sacramental nature of marriage. Written in 2015, this text is a modern interpretation of the Church’s teaching on this matter, heavily building on ideas of one of his predecessors, Pope John Paul II. One can see the how Pope John Paul II influenced Ouellet’s work through examining Ouellet’s accounts of the…