The Seven Sacraments
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Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 173
Ave Maria series
173 Why do we need
sacraments in the first place?
We need sacraments in order to outgrow our petty human life
and to become like Jesus through Jesus: children of God in freedom and
glory. [1129]
The Seven Sacraments altarpiece by
Rogier van der Weyden dated around 1448. …..173
In Baptism the fallen children of men become cherished children
of God; through Confirmation the weak become strong, committed Christians;
through Penance the guilty are reconciled; through the Eucharist the hungry
become bread for others; through Matrimony and Holy Orders individuals become
servants of love; through the Anointing of the Sick the despairing become
people of confidence. The sacrament in
all the sacraments is Christ himself. In
him we men, lost in selfishness, grow and mature into the true life that has no
end.
Because the creation itself will be set free from its
bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God. Romans 8:21
[1129]
THE SACRAMENTS OF SALVATION
1129 The Church affirms that for believers the sacraments of
the New Covenant are necessary for salvation.( compare Council of Trent (1547):
Denzinger-Schönmetzer 1604)51 "Sacramental grace" is the grace of the Holy
Spirit, given by Christ and proper to each sacrament. The Spirit heals and
transforms those who receive him by conforming them to the Son of God. The
fruit of the sacramental life is that the Spirit of adoption makes the faithful
partakers in the divine nature(compare 2 Peter 1:4)52 by uniting them in a living union with the only Son, the Savior.
–Catechism of the Catholic Church,
Second Edition
Sacrament The Seven
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