Sentences with phrase «receive holy orders»

There is both a state church and an outlawed underground church, and there are many people who belong to both, moving back and forth between them «beneath the radar,» including an unknown number of bishops and priests, who receive their holy orders publicly for the state church and privately for the Church of Rome.

As we settle upon a state in life, some of us will receive holy orders or embark upon the sacrament of marriage.

Not exact matches

To begin again is a holy call to all of us — to lay our trying and striving at the altar - table in order to receive trust, surrender, and a fresh start every moment of every day.

In Acts 2.38 we read that in order to receive the Holy Spirit we need to be baptized for the remission (aphesis) of our sins.

Even if the child is born of a mixed marriage between a Catholic man and a Jewish woman, and the child is baptized, and receives the sacraments, even Holy Orders.

It would seem to me that before the news of «that day and hour» can be received that those who claim to represent the holy spirit and yet keep the chaos and division thriving would first have to be gathered into one place where war could be waged against them in order that they should be overcome by the very spirit they have claimed to represent.

And not just the nonhuman created order — even we ourselves, as Christians, who have received the advance gift of the Holy Spirit, are now groaning within ourselves, for we are also waiting — waiting for the transformation of our bodies and for the full experiencing of our adoption as God's children.

Because of a vision, Peter stayed and ate with him and, after recognizing that he had received the Holy Spirit, ordered him to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.

Acts 2:38 The Peter said unto them, Let each of of you repent and be immersed, in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.)

And while making the point about God's gifts to us, she sees the sacramental message that is written into creation itself: «Food is and always will be a sign built into the order of creation, physical nourishment that illuminates and spiritual nourishment we receive in Holy Communion... the more we see food in that light — the more we see it as a perpetual sign of God's goodness and love — the more fully we can understand the Eucharist as a holy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.&raHoly Communion... the more we see food in that light — the more we see it as a perpetual sign of God's goodness and love — the more fully we can understand the Eucharist as a holy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.&raholy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.»

His challenge is stark and stunning: Before ordering that the Gentiles be baptized Peter asks «Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?»

Pastor Bao Guohua of Holy Love Christian Church in Jinhua received a sentence of 14 years in prison, and his wife Xing Wenxiang 12 years, after they were convicted of «corruption, financial crimes and gathering people to disturb social order,» according to The New York Times, citing the February 26 Zhejiang Daily, the province's official newspaper.

And to truly understand the scriptures you must accept Christ and receive the Holy Spirit in order to receive the wisdom to understand them.

I received samples of the Guerlain Lingerie De Peau foundation with my Sephora orders, and it might just be my new holy grail product.