Sentences with phrase «of holy communion»

Lessons are focused on the sacraments of holy communion, ordination and confession but homework tasks cover baptism and death rites.

The first family of Royalhouse Chapel International, Rev. Sam and Rita Korankye Ankrah, then officially welcomed the president and his entourage with the ministration 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.

Not exact matches

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 1:21).

the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, 10.

guyFromVA Here is another interpretation: To make clear that being a Christian truly involves communion with the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity within the household of God, one ought to use biblical and patristic terms.

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.

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.

Human nature is brought into union and communion with Godhead as its proper environment — its principle of life and life more abundant — through the Self communication of God the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The book is arranged around seven sacraments — baptism, confession, communion, holy orders, confirmation, anointing of the sick, and marriage.

He returns from this holy communion with the most precious gift, the forgiveness of sins, the healing of the broken covenant.

The book is arranged around seven sacraments — baptism, confession, communion, holy orders, confirmation, anointing of the sick, and marriage — and today's excerpt comes from the communion section and a chapter entitled «Open Table.»

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!

As a result, the literal and tangible sacrificial apparatus of the Jews became to the Christians symbolic of another kind of religious system altogether, whose temple is heavenly, not earthly, whose high priest once for all has entered the holy place of divine communion, where believing souls may follow him, (Hebrews 10:19) whose sacrifice is voluntary self - giving, and whose consequence is an open way for all to «draw nigh unto God.»

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.»

For this special type of social unity Paul found the fitting expression: «the communion of the Holy Spirit» (a Cor.

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)?

«The example of the Holy Father, and the way people of every sector of our society have responded to his message of gentle joy and compassion without pretense has set the bar for every Catholic and even for many who don't share our communion.»

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.

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.

He will come again the Holy Spirit, the Christian Church, the communion of Christians, forgiveness, resurrection of the body, life everlasting..

The book is arranged around seven sacraments — baptism, confession, communion, holy orders, confirmation, anointing of the sick, and marriage — and today's excerpt comes from the marriage section.

Original Sin then - that overlooked but vital doctrine of the reality of our state, and the introduction into the material universe for the first time of «the problem of evil» - teaches the rupturing of that living, holy communion of good by which, from the first pair, men were to minister life and fulfilment to one another through Christ.

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.

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.

The sacraments first and foremost are the Body and Blood of Christ, the holy mysteries, communion.

When full communion among all Christians is realized, nobody will feel a need to speak of the Roman Catholic Church, and there will certainly be no talk of «returning» to Rome, for then there will be, quite simply and comprehensively, the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

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 was Church, this was the people, the women of God gathered together for communion and community and Holy Spirit breathing, just to scatter back out and do it all over again.

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.