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- Baptismal grace perfected- indelible mark is imprinted on the soul- gifts of the Holy Spirit are perfected- person's bond with the Church is perfected- special graces to spread + defend the faith by word and deed
- Saturday: Jews would meet in the synagogue for the Sabbath worship- Sunday: they met in someone's home, under leadership of an Apostle or a person appointed to them, + would tell the stories or Jesus and conclude w/ the breaking of the Bread
- fear- overwhelming pressure- ignorance- duress- habit- inordinate attachment
a gift from God; the active power of God's love for us - a love that wishes to intercede in our lives to help us
his baptism was meant to prepare the way for the Lord + the Baptism that would be established by the coming of Christ
1. Noah + the flood (water wipes out moral evil)2. Exodus from Egypt through the waters of the Red Sea (those who passed through water were freed)3. Entry to the Holy Land by the Jordan River (we wander, but after Baptism we are opened to a path)
- they transform us- they incorporate us into the Church- encounter w/ Christ
- removal of Original Sin + actual sin- entry into the Church- becoming a temple of the Holy Spirit- theological virtues (faith, hope charity)- moral virtues (prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude)- gifts of the Holy Spirit
- cleanses us of all sin, Original + actual- makes us members of the Church- gives us the grace needed to enter Heaven
minister (usually a priest)- in case of impending death, anyone may baptize
to fulfill the will of the Father, to connect to us and set an example for us, to affirm his humanity
they signify our transformation into something different + convey supernatural grace which allows that transformation to take place
- they are signs in which Christ himself is at work- they do what they say they are going to do- they cause something to happen
The old Testament is full of accounts showing that God was
Jesus Taught his disciples to live out the commandments as an expression of
The word perfect has been replaced by the word
The right to life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death is the most basic
Blessed are the ___, for they will inherit the land
What expresses the teachings of Jesus and reveal how we can find true happiness in God when we live out the messages of the
Blessed are they who hunger and ____________- for ____________