O Lord God, I love you above all things and I love my neighbor for your sake because you are the highest, infinite and perfect good, worthy of all my love. The altar is the symbol of Christ himself who is present both as sacrificial victim (the altar of the sacrifice) and as food from heaven which is given to us (the table of the Lord). Why is this sacrament called Chrismation or Confirmation? What does the dignity of the human person imply for the moral conscience? (1 Cor 15:3) 636-647, 656-657 127-129 454, 486-487, 509-510 5.02.06 Identify the significance of the Transfiguration of When does the Church allow the physical separation of spouses? The baptized must work as disciples of Christ by caring for the sick, Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei génetrix.Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi. 9. 310. It is called Confirmation because it confirms and strengthens baptismal grace. He is the One who transcends the world and history. Matrimonial consent is given when a man and a woman manifest the will to give themselves to each other irrevocably in order to live a covenant of faithful and fruitful love. It is called Chrismation (in the Eastern Churches: Anointing with holy myron or chrism) because the essential rite of the sacrament is anointing with chrism. She is holy but includes sinners in her midst. The most complete realization of the common good is found in those political communities which defend and promote the good of their citizens and of intermediate groups without forgetting the universal good of the entire human family. The anointing of the Spirit seals the priest with an indelible, spiritual character that configures him to Christ the priest and enables him to act in the name of Christ the Head. From the very beginning the first disciples burned with the desire to proclaim Jesus Christ in order to lead all to faith in him. After the example of the twelve Apostles who were chosen and sent out together by Christ, the unity of the Church’s hierarchy is at the service of the communion of all the faithful. His suffering and death showed how his humanity was the free and perfect instrument of that divine love which desires the salvation of all people. God freely chose Mary from all eternity to be the Mother of his Son. As a co-worker of the order of bishops he is consecrated to preach the Gospel, to celebrate divine worship, especially the Eucharist from which his ministry draws its strength, and to be a shepherd of the faithful. LT, 116. 594. The Church, faithful to the command of her Lord, “Do this in memory of me” (1 Corinthians 11:24), has always celebrated the Eucharist, especially on Sunday, the day of the Resurrection of Jesus. The act of faith is a human act, that is, an act of the intellect of a person - prompted by the will moved by God - who freely assents to divine truth. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile,show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. In creating man and woman God had given them a special participation in his own divine life in holiness and justice. What is the role of the Holy Spirit in prayer? This happiness surpasses human capabilities. When he was dying on the cross Jesus gave his mother to his disciple with the words, “Behold your mother” (John 19:27). O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. What is the origin and the fulfillment of the Church? Since the Holy Spirit is the interior Master of Christian prayer and “we do not know how to pray as we ought” (Romans 8:26), the Church exhorts us to invoke him and implore him on every occasion: “Come, Holy Spirit!”. Each family member, in accord with their own role, exercises the baptismal priesthood and contributes toward making the family a community of grace and of prayer, a school of human and Christian virtue and the place where the faith is first proclaimed to children. Circumstances can increase or diminish the responsibility of the one who is acting but they cannot change the moral quality of the acts themselves. Mystéria gaudiósa (in feria secunda et sabbato). Why did Christ institute an ecclesiastical hierarchy? What is implied in the affirmation of God: “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2)? Freedom implies also the possibility of choosing between good and evil. Amen. 217. THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION. These and many other forms of penance can be practiced in the daily life of a Christian, particularly during the time of Lent and on the penitential day of Friday. Prudence disposes reason to discern in every circumstance our true good and to choose the right means for achieving it. 122. 222. The Council of Chalcedon teaches us to confess “one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, perfect in his humanity, true God and true man, composed of rational soul and body, consubstantial with the Father by his divinity, and consubstantial with us by his humanity, ‘like us in all things but sin’ (Hebrews 4:15), begotten from the Father before all ages as to his divinity, and in these last days, for us and for our salvation, born of Mary, the Virgin and Mother of God, as to his humanity.”. The Apostles entrusted the deposit of faith to the whole of the Church. Thus sickness was lived out in the presence of God from whom people implored healing. They serve him and are his messengers in the accomplishment of his saving mission to all. Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes,quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est,et sanctum nomen eius,et misericórdia eius in progénies et progénies timéntibus eum.Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo,dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui;depósuit poténtes de sedeet exaltávit húmiles.Esuriéntes implévit boniset dívites dimísit inánes.Suscépit Ísrael púerum suum,recordátus misericórdiæ,sicut locútus est ad patres nostros,Ábraham et sémini eius in sæcula.Glória Patri et Fílioet Spirítui Sancto.Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper,et in sæcula sæculórum.Amen. 26. Who are the principal witnesses of the obedience of faith in the Sacred Scriptures? 525. Love of neighbor is inseparable from love for God. They carry out in this way their call to holiness and to the apostolate, a call given to all the baptized. 109. Justice consists in the firm and constant will to give to others their due. 50. He also builds up the Church in charity by the Word of God, the sacraments, the virtues, and charisms. 687-688702-716 What else does “the communion of saints” mean? God has created human beings as male and female, equal in personal dignity, and has called them to a vocation of love and of communion. After the final cosmic upheaval of this passing world the glorious coming of Christ will take place. Working together, each in its own way, under the action of the one Holy Spirit, they all contribute effectively to the salvation of souls. What is the role of prayer in the mission of the prophets? The truth is beautiful, carrying in itself the splendour of spiritual beauty. Vol. “No one can have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother.” (Saint Cyprian). Key Element IV: Prayer Pre-K CCC Compendium USCCA Standard 7 PRAYER: Know and participate in the Catholic tradition of prayer and acknowledge prayer as the primary way we deepen our knowledge of God in the community. 49. Thanks to moral conscience, the human person perceives the moral quality of an act to be done or which has already been done, permitting him to assume responsibility for the act. What kind of worship is due to the sacrament of the Eucharist? In hac spe vívere et mori státuo. Indeed, on his own he is unable to enter into the intimacy of the divine mystery. What does the word “Incarnation” mean? Like the Catechism, the Compendium has four parts, corresponding to the fundamental laws of life in Christ. Why is there a sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism? In the liturgy it is the whole Christ (Christus Totus) who acts, Head and Body. 77.  of Purity frees one from wide-spread eroticism and avoids those things which foster morbid curiosity. This authority of the Magisterium also extends to those truths necessarily connected with Revelation. It will have no end. Episcopal ordination confers the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders. The sacraments are divided into: the sacraments of Christian initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Eucharist); the sacraments of healing (Penance and Anointing of the Sick);, and the sacraments at the service of communion and mission (Holy Orders and Matrimony). The family is the original cell of human society and is, therefore, prior to any recognition by public authority. Thus, the fullness of the Kingdom of God will come about, that is to say, the definitive realization of the salvific plan of God to “unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth” (Ephesians 1:10). The Church joins with the angels in adoring God, invokes their assistance and commemorates some in her liturgy. 250. 541). What are the effects of the sacrament of Matrimony? 10. The breaking of the bread does not divide Christ. My beloved Predecessor, recognizing this desire, decided in February 2003 to begin preparation of the text by entrusting the work to a Commission of Cardinals, over which I presided, and which was assisted by various experts. It is an indication of how today more than ever, in a culture of images, a sacred image can express much more than what can be said in words, and be an extremely effective and dynamic way of communicating the Gospel message. The second part, entitled “The Celebration of the Christian Mystery”, presents the essential elements of the lex celebrandi. Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum,et exsultávit spíritus meus in Deo salvatóre meo,quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ. 72. How is the collegial dimension of Church ministry carried out? 446. Indeed, even if the symbolic actions are already in themselves a language, it is necessary that the words of the rite accompany and give life to these actions. 411. Freedom characterizes properly human acts. 141. The Old Law permitted one to know many truths which are accessible to reason, showed what must or must not be done and, above all, like a wise tutor, prepared and disposed one for conversion and for the acceptance of the Gospel. The mission of the Church is to proclaim and establish the Kingdom of God begun by Jesus Christ among all peoples. 496. When is it possible to give Holy Communion to other Christians? What responsibility does the State have in regard to labor? In this way, even the laity, dedicated to Christ and consecrated by the Holy Spirit, offer to God the world itself. It involves living in thanksgiving and trusting always in him, even in adversity. Because Baptism is conferred “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19), the truths of faith professed at Baptism are articulated in reference to the three Persons of the Most Holy Trinity. Why is the Holy Eucharist the paschal banquet? Under what conditions does the right to private property exist? Why do we conclude by asking “But deliver us from evil”? He prays before the decisive moments of his mission or that of his apostles. Grave sins against chastity differ according to their object: adultery, masturbation, fornication, pornography, prostitution, rape, and homosexual acts. How are the bodies of the deceased to be treated? The Church: people of God, body of Christ, temple of the Spirit. “I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe.” (Saint Augustine). So, there is a thicker and more comprehensive Guide to the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for those who want to dig deeper. Endowed with a spiritual and immortal soul, intelligence and free will, the human person is ordered to God and called in soul and in body to eternal beatitude. By the grace of God Mary was kept free from every personal sin her whole life long. Family life is an initiation into the life of society. In case of war, what does the moral law require? The prophets intuited that sickness could also have a redemptive value for one’s own sins and those of others. What is the specifically Christian sense of this petition? To the young man who asked this question, Jesus answered, “If you would enter into life, keep the commandments”, and then he added, “Come, follow Me” (Matthew 19:16-21). Christians keep Sunday and other days of obligation holy by participating in the Eucharist of the Lord and by refraining from those activities which impede the worship of God and disturb the joy proper to the day of the Lord or the necessary relaxation of mind and body. 256. What happens to our body and our soul after death? Jesus accepted the duty to carry our sins in his Body “becoming obedient unto death” (Philippians 2:8). From where do the sacramental signs come? As followers of Christ, the model of all chastity, all the baptised are called to live chastely in keeping with their particular states of life. However, God has wrought in Christ a sure victory over the Evil One. The Old Law is the first stage of revealed Law. The Climate Change Act of 2008 (PDF, 440KB) was a further effort by the government to reduce the UK’s impact on the environment. It is structured in four parts, much like the widely-used Catechism of the Catholic Church. 583. Amen. Catholic ministers may give Holy Communion licitly to members of the Oriental Churches which are not in full communion with the Catholic Church whenever they ask for it of their own will and possess the required dispositions. Tell that we belong to God’s family through Baptism. What is the effect of the ordination to the diaconate? It confers on him the offices of teaching, sanctifying, and ruling. The faithful who receive this sacrament can receive it several times if their illness becomes worse or another serious sickness afflicts them. It is a gift of God, a moment of pure faith during which the one praying seeks Christ, surrenders himself to the loving will of the Father, and places his being under the action of the Holy Spirit. It takes our attention away from God and can also reveal what we are attached to. The Son of God assumed a body animated by a rational human soul. Let him call in the presbyters of the Church and let them pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord” (James 5:14-15). The right to private property exists provided the property is acquired or received in a just way and that the universal destination of goods for the satisfaction of the basic needs of all takes precedence. Why does Jesus call upon his disciples to take up their cross? Structures of sin are social situations or institutions that are contrary to the divine law. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity (Galatians 5:22-23, Vulgate). In his earthly life the Son of God humanly willed all that he had divinely decided with the Father and the Holy Spirit for our salvation. The Our Father is an integral part of the Liturgy of the Hours. 81. Fifty days after the Resurrection at Pentecost the glorified Jesus Christ poured out the Spirit in abundance and revealed him as a divine Person so that the Holy Trinity was fully manifest. No one, however, can merit the initial grace which is at the origin of conversion and justification. “Catholic”? Why is the legitimate defense of persons and of society not opposed to this norm? It is the vision of God in eternal life in which we are fully “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4), of the glory of Christ and of the joy of the trinitarian life. 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