Sentences with phrase «how sacraments»

Pope Francis has done a considerable amount to fight child abuse within the Church, and the Vatican has followed his lead: the L'Osservatore Romano recently published a serious and substantial review of Dawn Eden's book, My Peace I Give You, highlighting how the sacraments and saints can help heal the physical, emotional, and spiritual trauma that sexual abuse inflicts.

We have already noted how sacraments are occasions of gathering the faithful, as well as occasions of representing the Jesus - event.

Not exact matches

They have no knowledge of life yet, so how can they possibly receive the sacrament of baptism?

Thanks jellyfishdude — I am fully educated on the schism and consider my orthodox brothers the same as me but I do not appreciate how some of the orthodox churches deny some sacraments in western christianity.

How would people know where to go to receive Sacraments, [Jesus Christ's instituted means of graces to help sustain us along our journey to our final goal]?

In chapters like «The Meaning of Sex,» «Becoming a Singular Sensation,» «The Gift of the Present Moment,» «Winning the Spiritual Battle,» and «Craving Heaven,» Eden describes God's design for human sexuality, why sex is reserved for marriage, the importance of modesty, how singles struggling with loneliness and unrequited love can empower themselves through prayer and the sacraments, and why shared values with one's spouse are so vital for a successful marriage.

When, therefore, we find them also possessing sacraments, fairly magical in their efficacy — especially baptisms, whether of water or of blood, and sacred meals that conferred union with the deity — the query inevitably rises in how far in these regards they influenced Christianity.

I do not see how preaching, worship, prayer, ordination, the sacraments can be taken seriously by the radical theologian.

How utterly different from the way many of our churchmen come at us, putting primary emphasis on theories of inspiration, ecclesiastical regularities, forms of sacrament, creedal subscriptions, or metaphysical theories of the Trinity!

The priest, however, must exercise other functions besides administering the sacraments and institutional means can not empower him to fulfill these duties; hence he needs to practice spiritual discipline, cultivating all the Christian virtues; he also needs to study, for «how can he teach unless he himself possess knowledge» and have gained a «full grasp of the Catholic teaching on faith and morals?»

The focus ought be on Christ and His work for us, and how He comes to us from outside of ourselves in Word and Sacrament.

The chaplain gave Chris solid if general spiritual advice — regular prayer, reception of the sacraments, and a life of charity — but he wasn't sure how to tailor it to a young Christian experiencing same - sex attractions.

The man in control of how Catholic mass and other sacraments are celebrated has been let go from Rome.

I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all of the white space of an uncluttered life and glorious heights of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest of lives too, as a sacrament of and blessing for the ordinary things.

He begins by remembering his diocesan work with evangelical members of the Lausanne Movement, particularly how they «shared the Word and prayer» (the notable absence of «sacrament» highlights the dilemmas that arise in ecumenical interactions).

One serious seeker sent me an e-mail note requesting information about how to participate in the sacraments online.

As someone who was, no doubt, raised to value the sacraments, how do you currently practice your spirituality?

@Truly Emulate Christ: I encourage you to look deeper at the history and current teachings of the Catholic Church and you might be surprised by how much the bible shapes the Church's teachings and sacraments.

And finally, «I was reminded of how often I saw scenes like this at the market, and it occurred to me that this had become, in fact, a kind of sacrament,»

Many Christian traditions believe that a real, literal change takes place when we participate in sacraments like communion or baptism, though we disagree on how that change works.

How could Romney sit under and practice the teachings of a religion that until the late 1970's decree and believe that African - Americans were decendents of Cain and therefore cursed, that they were not allowed to become priests and take part in the churchs» sacraments?

If the words and actions of Revelation, as enacted by Christ, do not have this validity it is hard to see how any teaching or action (this is particularly relevant with regard to the sacraments) can not ultimately be surpassed or changed.

He's also pointed out to me how much of what we do, think, or feel, can often de-rail the benefits that Christ wants to give us in His sacraments.

Thus, if a couple have nointention of having children, or despise the Faith, or hold the notion of a sacrament in contempt, then no marriage can possibly take place, no matter how grand and meaningful the wedding.

How will you keep your faith if you don't feed it with the Truth, Sacraments, and grace from the Church?

As I watched, I found myself thinking about how the Church, with the age - old sacrament of confession and the tradition of corporate lament, is equipped to speak powerfully and counter-culturally to this very issue.

Are you a believer by grace through faith alone or how does the work of the church and the sacraments fit into that?

Vass clearly points to how central the Church is for Rahner in relation to the sacraments.

Guidelines as to how to stay on track provide a useful summary of how prayer, sacraments and habits can help lead towards purity.

Scripture is VERY clear about how one should approach the sacrament of communion.

I see an awful lot of Gluttons in Church, how come they are not excluded from the sacraments?

A papal style which reflects this greater love will enable the church to experience the Petrine office as God's gift by showing all of us how we can become signs and sacraments of God's love for humankind.

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Preaching, administering the sacraments, praying, and doing one's job in life, here and now, was the task of a Christian — it was God's rather than Man's concern to see how the world aggregate of such activities hung together.

that no matter how often we engage in this sacrament, He remains the same, and it is us who changes more surely to His image.

But how are we to reckon with a situation in which the administration of the sacraments, and the theology behind their administration, is succumbing, with his blessing, to....

... when these dangers have reached their height and there is no possibility of flight, do we not realize how great a gathering there usually is in the church of both sexes and of every age, some clamoring for baptism, others for reconciliation, still others for acts of penance: all of them seeking consolation and the administration and distribution of the sacraments?

there are lot of Christian communities who are absolutely jealous of the unbroken continuation of the Catholics church and of course they are the ones who actually try to make a big noise even without any truth in most of the abuse accusations coz they are guilty of how the main split from the Catholic Church happened just because of a Top English catholic wanted to divorce and re-marry which the church did not allow as per the sacrament of holy matrimony, where Jesus has been very clear of not allowing divorce.

If we pray, along with the writer of the Didache:»... let your church be gathered from the four corners of the earth into your kingdom,» then how do we understand the sacrament of baptism in relation to the church and in relation to the kingdom?

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Preposition House Colleen Moak, who teaches at Blessed Sacrament School in Washington, D.C., submitted this week's lesson, which helps students visualize how prepositions describe things in relation to one another.

Clare Vanderpool explains how her schooling at Blessed Sacrament Elementary School in Wichita influenced her 2010 Newberry Award - winning novel, Moon Over Manifest

In two separate interviews Clare Vanderpool explains how her schooling at Blessed Sacrament Elementary School in Wichita influenced her 2010 Newberry Award - winning novel, Moon Over Manifest and the challenges of writing her second novel, Navigating Early

How much more might one prepare for the Lord's Supper, a sacrament instituted by the Lord for his -LSB-...]

There are a number of legitimate ways to structure programs of marriage preparation, and each local Church will discern how best to provide a suitable formation without distancing young people from the sacrament.