Sentences with phrase «holy communion in»

I made my first holy communion in it.

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There is now an opportunity to exercise that love in a way that not only will restore communion between two ancient churches but will demonstrate that all Orthodox Christians truly do belong to one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

It is not being holy and righteous, it is about being able to examine oneself spiritually and truthfully to see if there is any sin that prevents them from having that communion with God in their life.

But they are leading lives of such spiritual incoherence that their own integrity should compel them to seek reconciliation through the sacrament of penance, and to do so before affirming a fuller communion with the Church than they in fact enjoy by receiving Holy Communion during Mass..

The most holy, the noblest, the best, the most godlike things about us is our human capacity to learn personhood in responsible self - government (taking up personal responsibility for our own eternal fate) and to share in communion with other persons, and most of all with the unseen God.

In communion with the body of faithful Christians through the ages, we also affirm together that the entire teaching, worship, ministry, life, and mission of Christ's Church is to be held accountable to the final authority of Holy Scripture, which, for Evangelicals and Catholics alike, constitutes the word of God in written form (2 Timothy 3:15 - 17; 2 Peter 1:21In communion with the body of faithful Christians through the ages, we also affirm together that the entire teaching, worship, ministry, life, and mission of Christ's Church is to be held accountable to the final authority of Holy Scripture, which, for Evangelicals and Catholics alike, constitutes the word of God in written form (2 Timothy 3:15 - 17; 2 Peter 1:21in written form (2 Timothy 3:15 - 17; 2 Peter 1:21).

I wonder how much prayer and communion in the Holy Spirit occurred in your process because your comments reflect exactly what Thom is addressing.

Leigh E. Schmidt is assistant professor of church history in the Theological and Graduate Schools of Drew University and the author of Holy Fairs: Scottish Communions and American Revivals in the Early Modern Period.

God bless you Pastor Joel, you heard the church called winners chapel international, the main church is found in Ota Nigeria, and the church auditorium is the biggest in the world a capacity of 50,000 and only a Sunday's service about 200,000 people gather in the church and once in a month on Sundays take holy communion for all 200,000 people.

The Pope assures his reader, nonetheless, that in communion with the Church's living Tradition and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit «we can serenely examine exegetical hypotheses that all too often make exaggerated claims to certainty, claims that are already undermined by the existence of diametrically opposed positions put forward with an equal claim to scientific certainty» (p. 105).

Being part of the communion / family of Jesus means acknowledging our mother Mary and our brothers and sisters in Heaven and purgatory as well as on earth - and our Father on earth, the Holy Father, with his magisterium - not Nicky's!

It is also a work in which we are all actively involved and for which we all have a responsibility through our union and communion in the Church with the Word made Flesh and the Holy Spirit whom he has poured out upon us.

The greatest expression of Caritas as gift and relationship lies in the Eucharist, which is why the «holy communion» of God with men is realised most fully on earth among those gathered around the altar for the Eucharist.

For him the development of doctrine does not simply derive from progress in thought and ideas, but is an aspect of deepening in being and communion of both mind and heart with God in Christ, which is the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church.

For it can surely not be seriously denied that, according to Mt 25, a man may encounter Christ in his neighbour more truly and decisively as his Saviour than in a eucharistic communion which, despite the Real Presence and its sacramental efficacy ex opere operate is but the sign and the means of that union with Christ in the Holy Spirit which happens in the difficulties of our daily life even unto our «dying in the Lord».

In a sense, these words must explain the meaning of the Kingdom, just as the phrase «the communion of saints» explains the term «the holy catholic church.»

By «God» I mean the pervasive personal presence, distinct from me and prior to me, who is the source and support of my existence; who through Scripture makes me realize that he has towards me the nature and name of love - holy, lordly, costly, fatherly, redeeming love; who addresses me, really though indirectly, in all that Scripture shows of his relationship to human beings in history, and especially in the recorded utterances of his Son, Jesus Christ; and who is daily drawing me towards a face - to - face encounter and consummated communion with him beyond this life, by virtue of «the redemption which is in Christ Jesus» (Rom.

The Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Church consists of more than 20 Catholic churches, all in fully communion with Rome.

They accept His grace and mercy; they seek to follow His example by being baptized (see Matthew 3:13 - 17), praying in His holy name (see Matthew 6:9 - 13), partaking of the sacrament (communion)(see Luke 22:19 - 20), doing good to others (see Acts 10:38) and bearing witness of Him through both word and deed (see James 2:26).

They are righteous, holy, glorious, immortal, according to the prophecies, with the righteousness, holiness, glory, and immortality which are His in full reality, and are theirs in the communion of His Body --» in Christ.»

The pontiff released a statement through Vatican Radio, saying: «The grave decision taken by the Holy See, under the weight of serious pastoral concerns, is for the greater good and unity of the Church of Ciudad del Este and episcopal communion in Paraguay.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlastHoly Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlastholy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.

If ecclesial unity were something yet to be achieved, how can we profess belief in «the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church,» which» as a society in the present world» «subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the Successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him» (Lumen Gentium, 8)?

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

Our life together is communion in the > communio of the life of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

First, we look to God as the one who is holy in Himself and in whose trinitarian communion we must participate in order to be holy.

The communion of saints signifies, first of all, communion, through Christ and in the power of the Spirit, with God the all «holy.

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 form.

Arranging the book around seven sacraments, (baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing of the sick, and marriage) gave shape to my story and connected it to the stories of all who have met God in those tangible, tactile ways.

Christ gives us His oath of faithfulness, in baptism and holy communion.

Aquinasagrees: Prima Pars 93 says the goal of man's creation is to be in the image of the Holy Trinity, an image that comes to perfection in communion with the Archetype.

7 — Each individual potentially understands their need for a Savior and decides whether to accept His grace (through their sincere FAITH in Christ; being born again)» 8 — Individual with sincere faith experiences relationship / communion with God, thereby growing in faith and love in their Creator and Savior, and growing more holy as God works within the person (sanctification).

Toward the end of Ut Unum Sint, John Paul cites some of the questions that must be addressed in conversation with the communities issuing from the tragic divisions of the sixteenth century: (1) The relationship between Sacred Scripture, as the highest authority in matters of faith, and Sacred Tradition, as indispensable to the interpretation of the Word of God; (2) The Eucharist as the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, an offering of praise to the Father, the sacrificial memorial and Real Presence of Christ and the sanctifying outpouring of the Holy Spirit; (3) Ordination, as a Sacrament, to the threefold ministry of the episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate; (4) The Magisterium of the Church, entrusted to the pope and the bishops in communion with him, understood as a responsibility and an authority exercised in the name of Christ for teaching and safeguarding the faith; (5) The Virgin Mary, as Mother of God and Icon of the Church, the spiritual Mother who intercedes for Christ's disciples and for all humanity.

Those of us who came to love God through these separated communions are correct to declare our faith in the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church.»

Being filled with the Holy Spirit and in communion with God and one another, the people of God spoke and heard the divine message of God in their own languages.

We beg you, let your Wisdom so illuminate our understanding that we may proclaim You to our world with renewed confidence as the Way, the Truth and the Life through your holy Catholic Church in communion with the successor of St. Peter, who said: «Lord to whom shall we go?

This is the presence of God, this is the holy moment, the cathedral, the great moment of surrender and selflessness happening not in the leper colony of India but for me in my own living room in Canada, the breaking of bread and daily manna of communion through a messy home with messy people, learning to love and take joy even when the toast is getting cold.

We need an «ecumenical incorrectness» willing to entertain the difficult and challenging matters that continue to divide us by disrupting our communion and scuttling what should be a united witness to the world in holy love of the truth that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

Her way is a life of faith grounded in the love of God, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the communion of the Holy Spirit.

Make your communion with Him, feed on Him in your heart, feed on Him in the Holy Eucharist.

In the Athanasian Creed, that ancient canticle of Christian faith still found in the service books of many Christian communions, there is a fine statement which gives the proper setting for any discussion of Christian worship and, a fortiori, for a discussion of the central act of Christian worship, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist, the Holy Communion, the Divine Mysteries, the Liturgy, the Mass — call it what you wilIn the Athanasian Creed, that ancient canticle of Christian faith still found in the service books of many Christian communions, there is a fine statement which gives the proper setting for any discussion of Christian worship and, a fortiori, for a discussion of the central act of Christian worship, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist, the Holy Communion, the Divine Mysteries, the Liturgy, the Mass — call it what you wilin the service books of many Christian communions, there is a fine statement which gives the proper setting for any discussion of Christian worship and, a fortiori, for a discussion of the central act of Christian worship, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist, the Holy Communion, the Divine Mysteries, the Liturgy, the Mass — call it what you will.

In the Eastern Orthodox communions and among some other Christian groups, the word «liturgy» is used par excellence to describe the celebration of the Holy Communion.

That was the decision to continue regularly to participate in the sacrament of holy communion and the liturgical forms that surround it.

It is up to the Christian communities to analyze with objectivity the situation which is proper to their own country, to shed on it the light of the gospel's unalterable words and to draw principles of the church... It is up to these Christian communities, with the help of the Holy Spirit, in communion with the bishops who hold responsibility and in dialogue with other Christian brethren and all men of good will, to discern the options and commitments which are called for in order to bring about the social, political and economic changes seen in many cases to be urgently needed.

In the Apostles» Creed the words «I believe in the holy catholic church» are followed immediately by «the communion of saints.&raquIn the Apostles» Creed the words «I believe in the holy catholic church» are followed immediately by «the communion of saints.&raquin the holy catholic church» are followed immediately by «the communion of saints.»

To take holy communion is to rehearse a significant event in the life of my community — one whose celebration historically has been absolutely central to the life of the community.

The document praises the power of Holy Communion «to assist a person in growing in their union with Christ,» and especially Viaticum or final communion, which «has a power of particular significance and importance as the seed of eternal life and the power of resurrection.»

«I believe in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints...» Do you?

Something new is now in the world that was not previously here, fellowship with God by faith, the peace of God that passes all understanding, life in communion with God and man, a life in the Holy Spirit.

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.»