Category: Sacramentology
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A Chosen Race, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation
The Mystical Body of Christ You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.1 Peter 2, 9 1 Peter Chapter 1 is set against the backdrop of the early…
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Be Subject to One Another
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY MATRIMONY Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior. Just as…
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Confess Your Sins
THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the LORDwill raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore,confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may behealed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.…
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I Became Your Father
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS And Michas said:Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest,and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver,and a double suit of apparel, and thy victuals.Judges 17, 10 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ,you do not have many fathers, for in…
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Let Every One of You Be Baptized
Infant Baptism Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christfor the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to youand to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as…
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The Two Shall Become One Flesh
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY MATRIMONY Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its…
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This Is My Body, This Is My Blood
THE INSTITUTION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all…
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You Must Be Born Again
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God…Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water andof the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.John 3, 3- 5 In…
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Your Sins Shall Be as White as Snow
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD.“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.Isaiah 1, 18 For I will pour water on the thirsty land,and streams on the dry ground;I will pour out…
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