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Lesson 12: The Sacrament of Confirmation in Salvation History
God has always desired for His people to be a “royal priesthood”, anointed and consecrated as His Chosen People.
God has always desired for His people to be a “royal priesthood”, anointed and consecrated as His Chosen People.
The Works of Mercy are both physical and spiritual.
Baptism is the first Sacrament we receive. It makes us members of the Church, forgives our sins, and gives us new life in Christ.
Confirmation gives a special strength to witness to the Christian faith and to defend against sin and temptation.
The Eucharist fulfills our Lord’s promise to give us Himself, the Bread of Life.
Jesus inaugurates the Kingdom of God on earth because He founded the Catholic Church during His earthly life.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
At every Mass, the events of our salvation are made present to us on the altar in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, and we are invited take part in this memorial of our salvation.
God enacted a plan of salvation throughout Salvation History that culminated in the Death and Resurrection of His only Son, Jesus Christ.
Baptism is necessary for salvation from sin.
The saints are models of holiness, of how to love God and love our neighbor.
God gave human beings the special responsibility of being the stewards of creation.
God gave Adam and Eve one command: not to eat from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and they disobeyed that command.
Sin is a deliberate offense against God. It is something we say, think, do, or fail to do that is against the eternal law of God.
The principal symbol of Baptism is water, one of the most fundamental elements to life on earth.