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A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 19: The Seven Sacraments
OLRL ^ | Fr. William J. Cogan

Posted on 08/03/2007 3:16:46 PM PDT by NYer

Lesson 19: The Seven Sacraments

GETTING INTO HEAVEN IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS

"Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on.  Is not the life more than the meat:  and the body more than the raiment?  Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns:  and your heavenly Father feedeth them.  Are not you of much more value than they?  And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?  And for raiment why are you solicitous?  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:  they labor not, neither do they spin.  But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.  And if the grass of the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe:  how much more you, O ye of little faith?"
   "Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat:  or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?  For after all these things do the heathens seek.  For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.  Seek ye therefore the kingdom of God, and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you." 
(Matthew 6:25-33)

  1. What is absolutely necessary to get to Heaven?
       You have to have Sanctifying Grace in your soul when you die.  Sanctifying Grace is God's life in the soul.

PRACTICAL POINTS

  1. Except in the case of babies being baptized (they receive the smallest amount of grace), the better you prepare yourself to receive the Sacraments, the greater the amount of grace you will obtain.

  2. Christ gave His Church only the essential parts of each Sacrament, but the Church has surrounded each Sacrament with beautiful ceremonies, which together with the administration of the Sacraments themselves and the Mass ceremonies, form what is called the Liturgy of the Church.

  3. The Sacraments give grace automatically, as long as the priest or bishop and the one receiving the Sacraments fulfill all the required conditions.  It is really Jesus Christ who gives the Sacrament.

  4. The Bible speaks about the Sacraments, grace, the Mass, etc., but it uses different words for these things. (For example, in one place Our Lord calls Sanctifying Grace "living water.")


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Theology
KEYWORDS: briefcatechism

1 posted on 08/03/2007 3:16:51 PM PDT by NYer
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Lesson 19 of 43.


2 posted on 08/03/2007 3:17:32 PM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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To: NYer

I knew this lesson was coming. Feedback should be interesting.


3 posted on 08/03/2007 8:06:15 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: NYer
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 1: Religion
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 2: The Bible and Tradition
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 3: God and the Holy Trinity
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 4: Prayer
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 5: Public Worship of God

A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 6: Angels and Devils
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 7: Human Beings and the Purpose of Life
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 8: Sanctifying Grace
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 9: Heaven
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 10: Mortal and Venial Sin

A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 11: Hell
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 12: Purgatory
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 13: Original Sin
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 14: Jesus Christ, Our Savior
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 15: Jesus Christ, True God and True Man

A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 16: The Catholic Church is the Only True Church
A Brieft Catechism for Adults - Lesson 17: Qualities of the Catholic Church
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 18: The Pope, the Vicar of Christ
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 19: The Seven Sacraments

4 posted on 08/03/2007 8:07:17 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: NYer

**Do the Sacraments always give grace?
Yes, if you receive them worthily.**

A big “if” right there!!


5 posted on 08/03/2007 8:09:10 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: NYer

God bless you and thank you for posting these.


6 posted on 08/04/2007 1:10:19 PM PDT by Maeve (Read Bush Executive Order PD 51...)
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