Sentences with phrase «at holy communion»

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Searching for Sunday has provided ample opportunity for creative collaboration because the sacraments at the heart of the book — baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage — are rich and complex and endlessly inspiring.

Our communion is most manifestly and painfully imperfect in our inability to be one at the table of the Lord in Holy Communion.

At one extreme there are many conservative Christians, both in sects and in the major communions, who, because of their belief in the authority and inerrancy of Holy Scripture, still look expectantly to a future point in time when the world will come to a sudden end and when, at the Judgment which follows, there will be a general resurrection of all the dead in some bodily forAt one extreme there are many conservative Christians, both in sects and in the major communions, who, because of their belief in the authority and inerrancy of Holy Scripture, still look expectantly to a future point in time when the world will come to a sudden end and when, at the Judgment which follows, there will be a general resurrection of all the dead in some bodily forat the Judgment which follows, there will be a general resurrection of all the dead in some bodily form.

Since the book draws from the imagery of the seven sacraments — baptism, confession, communion, holy orders, marriage, healing, and confirmation — stories that center around those experiences are much more likely to strike a chord with where I'm at creatively with this project.

This enrichment of the idea of God Paul expressed in a benediction, now a familiar formula, but which, at first, voiced the amazed and grateful experience of discoverers who saw theism unfolding into new dimensions — «The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.»

At weddings, funerals, first Communions and Confirmations, many priests will try to give some guidance on who may present themselves for Holy Communion.

And as we engage in these physical acts, God is moving spiritually as well: the words of Scripture call us to faith, baptism grants us the Holy Spirit, and communion offers the very real body and blood of Christ which bring the forgiveness they purchased for us at the cross.

Constant prayer, confession and union with Jesus in the holy sacrifice of the Mass and at communion prepare us to discern and do God's will.