The Holy Spirit and Sacraments in the Service of the Eucharist
The sacrament of Matrimony is alluded to in such passages as Ephesians 5:21-33. Again, Jesus takes the ordinary stuff of human life—falling in love, getting married, and having sex and
The sacrament of Matrimony is alluded to in such passages as Ephesians 5:21-33. Again, Jesus takes the ordinary stuff of human life—falling in love, getting married, and having sex and
As spiritual animals, we can experience damage in two fundamental ways: to the soul and to the body. To damage one is to damage the other. So Christ handed down
Baptism is the first and fundamental sacrament. It is conferred by pouring water or immersion while speaking the words, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of
God has willed, in the Incarnation, that the Word be made flesh and he has not unwilled that in the Ascension. Jesus retains his glorified humanity precisely so that he
Mysteries and paradoxes flow from this which I can only hint at with my puny mind and blathering tongue. The first of these is that, as Paul says, “No one
You may have seen cars with fish stickers on them. This is a symbol of Christ dating back nearly two thousand years. It was a sort of code by which
As we shall see in more detail presently, the Holy Spirit, since he is God, is present from the very beginning. And since he is present and is, indeed, the
Pentecost having been celebrated on Sunday, I thought it would be good time to take a look at the Creed’s teaching on the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. What
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