How many sacraments are there, and what are their names? The Church has seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. 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: childrenContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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How will the world come to an end? At the end of time, God will create a new heaven and a new earth. Evil will no longer have any power or attractiveness. The redeemed will stand face to face with God as his friends. Their yearning for peace and justice will be fulfilled. To beholdContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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Why do we believe in the resurrection of the dead? We believe in the resurrection of the dead because Christ rose from the dead, lives forever, and causes us to share in this eternal life. When someone dies, his body is buried or cremated. Nevertheless, we believe that there is a life after death forContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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Why was Christ transfigured on the mountain? The Father wanted to reveal the divine glory of his Son even during Jesus’ earthly life. Christ’s Transfiguration was meant to help the disciples later to understand his death and Resurrection. Three Gospels relate how Jesus, on the mountaintop, begins to shine (is “transfigured”) before the eyes ofContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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Did Jesus work miracles, or are they just pious tales? Jesus really worked miracles, and so did the apostles. The New Testament authors refer to real incidents. Even the oldest sources tell of numerous miracles, even the raising of the dead, as a confirmation of Jesus’ preaching: “But if it is by the Spirit ofContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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Why is Mary a Virgin? God willed that Jesus Christ should have a true human mother but only God himself as his Father, because he wanted to make a new beginning that could be credited to him alone and not to earthly forces. Mary’s virginity is not some outdated mythological notion but rather fundamental toContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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What is the soul? The soul is what makes every individual person a man: his spiritual life-principle and inmost being. The soul causes the material body to be a living human body. Through his soul, man is a creature who can say “I” and stand before God as an irreplaceable individual. Men are bodily andContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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Does science make the Creator superfluous? No. The sentence “God created the world” is not an outmoded scientific statement. We are dealing here with a theological statement, therefore a statement about the divine meaning (theos = God, logos = meaning) and origin of things. The creation account is not a scientific model for explaining theContinue reading “Catechism of the Catholic Church”
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Isn’t praying a flight from reality? Someone who prays does not flee from reality; rather, he opens his eyes for reality as a whole. From Almighty God himself he receives the strength to cope with reality. Prayer is like going to a gas station where we get free fuel for our long journeys and extremeContinue reading “Catechism of the Catholic Church”
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What can we learn from the way in which Mary prayed? To learn from Mary how to pray means to join in her prayer: “Let it be to me according to your word.” (Lk 1:38) Prayer is ultimately self-giving in response to God’s love. If we say Yes as Mary did, God has the opportunityContinue reading “CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
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