Sacraments are given as sure encounters with grace, not as reducing valves designed to make sure the unbaptized are excluded from God. Christ also comes to us through innumerable creatures, since ...

When we receive the sacraments, we swear to God to a life in imitation of Christ. St. Paul urges us “to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received” (Ephesians 4:1).

A. A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. Q. 575. Are these three things, namely: An outward or visible sign, the institution of that sign by Christ, and the giving of ...

The sacrament of reconciliation, therefore, is a venerable area of grace in the life of the church, presided over by the Holy Spirit, where both priest and penitent equally participate in the role ...

The second day of the 5th Regional Youth Convention (RYC) at Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima, witnessed a ...

The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a doctrinal note approved by Pope Francis that aims to counteract deviations in the administration of the sacraments.

There she sits—Femme assise (Françoise)—etched in the tonal language of Pablo Picasso’s emotional geometry, a woman rendered not in joy or surrender, but in the frozen grace of observation.

Since then, he’s put out Christ for You on the Lord’s Supper and Word and Water on baptism, both riffing on the Lutheran understanding of those sacraments. Flame also collaborated with other ...

Sacraments and ordinances A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace . It takes the form of a visible ceremony, but it has an inward benefit in the life of the worshipper.

As a means of grace, the sacraments sign and seal the benefits of Christ to believers through faith. The sign nature of the sacrament points to the reality, the substance of Christ.