Let mankind be seized with fear, the whole world should tremble and heaven rejoice, when Christ the Son of the living God is present on the altar in the hands of the priest! O wondrous majesty! O stupendous dignity! O sublime humility! O humble sublimity! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble himself to the point where he hides under the form of a little bread, for our salvation. But you should keep nothing for yourselves, so that he who has given himself entirely to you may receive you entirely.
The Chief Commandments or Laws, of the Church
To assist at Mass on all Sundays and holy days of obligation.
To fast and abstain on the days appointed.
To confess our sins at least once a year.
To receive Holy Communion during the Easter time.
To contribute to the support of the Church.
To observe the laws of the Church concerning marriage.
As Catholics we are called by our Lord Jesus Christ
to be His Church and live His Gospel.
Guided by the Holy Spirit, we strive to fulfill our
Baptismal calling by prayer and worship,
teaching and sharing our faith,
serving others, fostering unity in diversity,
and responsible stewardship of all God's gifts.
Bread and Wine
The elements used in the celebration of Eucharist (unleavened bread and natural pure wine). NOTE: After the Eucharistic Prayer the bread and wine is referred to as: “the consecrated bread and wine†or “the Body and Blood of Christ.†Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine are mere symbols; they believe the bread and wine actually become the Body and Blood of Christ.
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HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION
The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) — December 25
The Epiphany — January 6
The Ascension — Thursday of the sixth week of Easter
The Body and Blood of Christ — Thursday after Trinity Sunday
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God — January 1
Her Immaculate Conception — December 8
Her Assumption — August 15
Saint Joseph — March 19
Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles — June 29
All Saints — November 1
Holy Water
"Water blessed by the priest with solemn prayer, to beg God's blessing on those who use it, and protection from the powers of darkness." *
.. PENANCE
Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same. It is called a "sacrament" not simply a function or ceremony, because it is an outward sign instituted by Christ to impart grace to the soul. As an outward sign it comprises the actions of the penitent in presenting himself to the priest and accusing himself of his sins, and the actions of the priest in pronouncing absolution and imposing satisfaction. This whole procedure is usually called, from one of its parts, "confession", and it is said to take place in the "tribunal of penance", because it is a judicial process in which the penitent is at once the accuser, the person accused, and the witness, while the priest pronounces judgment and sentence. The grace conferred is deliverance from the guilt of sin and, in the case of mortal sin, from its eternal punishment; hence also reconciliation with God, justification. Finally, the confession is made not in the secrecy of the penitent's heart nor to a layman as friend and advocate, nor to a representative of human authority, but to a duly ordained priest with requisite jurisdiction and with the "power of the keys", i.e., the power to forgive sins which Christ granted to His Church.
AN ACT OF CONTRITION
O my God,
I am heartily sorry for
having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven,
and the pains of hell;
but most of all because
they offend Thee, my God,
Who are all good and
deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve,
with the help of Thy grace,
to confess my sins,
to do penance,
and to amend my life.
Amen.
SACRAMENT
A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. The Sacraments are: Baptism, Confirmation, Penance, Eucharist, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Anointing of the Sick.
The Rosary
A Gospel Prayer
A quick look at the structure of the rosary shows it to be truly a Scripture-based prayer drawing especially upon the Gospels. The Apostles' Creed itself, leading off the rosary, is nothing other than a summary of the great mysteries of the Catholic faith, most of which are standard Gospel teachings. Each decade is preceded by the Our Father, a prayer straight from the Gospels and taught by Jesus himself as a model of all prayer.The first part of the Hail Mary is composed of verses from the Gospel of Luke (1:28 and 1:42): the angel's words announcing Christ's birth and Elizabeth's greeting to Mary. Both of these gospel passages are rich in meaning and point to the central mystery of our faith, the incarnation of the Messiah.New translations of these verses and recent studies indicate that the angel's greeting to Mary is one of joy announcing the "breakthrough" of a new age: "Rejoice, God's favored one, the Lord is with you." Gabriel's greeting recalls the Prophet Zephaniah's description of the joy which would accompany the Messiah's coming: "Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! Yahweh has repealed your sentence: He has turned your enemy away. Yahweh is king among you, Israel, you have nothing to fear" (Zephaniah 3:14-15). At the moment of the Annunciation, Mary—the Daughter of Zion and the Mother of the Church—represents both those who have awaited the Savior and those who now accept him in faith.Mary's key role in the mystery of Christ is not a rosary invention. Rather, it is a vital part of the Gospel that is simply reflected in the rosary. The sense of the faithful that the rosary is a prayer of confidence in Mary's love and intercession for us is rooted in the Good News of the Gospel.The Gospel passages from which the Hail Mary was drawn, moreover, reveal the virgin as a dynamic, grace-filled woman to whom God offered a pivotal and active role in the drama of salvation. Pope Paul VI saw this clearly when he wrote: "Mary...gives her active and responsible consent...to the 'event of the ages,' as the Incarnation of the Word has been rightly called....The modern woman will note with glad surprise that Mary of Nazareth, while completely devoted to the will of God, was far from being a timidly submissive woman or one whose piety was repellent to others; on the contrary, she did not hesitate to proclaim [in the Magnificat by which she responds to Elizabeth's greeting] that God vindicates the humble and the oppressed and removes the powerful people of this world from their privileged positions" (On Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, #37).Expanding on this theme, Pope John Paul II wrote in Mother of the Redeemer (#37): "The Church's love of preference for the poor is wonderfully inscribed in Mary's Magnificat....Mary is deeply imbued with the spirit of the 'poor of Yahweh' and truly proclaims the coming of the 'Messiah of the poor'" (Isaiah 11:4).If the rosary is truly to reflect the spirit of the Gospel and that of the Virgin Mary as portrayed there, then it must encourage, among other things, dynamic responsibility on the part of both women and men as well as a commitment to walking with God's poor. ..
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Isaiah told us the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: Is 11:2 "The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord."
They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. These seven gifts, part of sanctifying grace, complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make us docile in obeying divine inspirations without need for reflection but always with full consent.The gifts of the Holy Spirit are greater than the theological and cardinal virtues. The virtues operate to the limits of human power and volition, but the gifts bring divine assistance.We are to pray to the Holy Spirit and ask for one of these gifts. If He gives us a gift, we may ask for another, and so on.The practice of virtue, enabled by the gifts seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, bring us the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit... width="425" height="350" ....