Category: Sacraments

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “‘No priest may obey’ proposed law, California bishop says” – CNA

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“Bishop Michael Barber, S.J., of the Diocese of Oakland, California, has said he would sooner accept arrest and prison than comply with a state law that would force priests to violate the seal of confession. … ‘I will go to jail before I will obey this attack on our religious freedom’ …. ‘Even if this bill passes, no priest may

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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “[Saint John Paul II on the Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Merciful Father -] General Audience, Sept. 8, 2019” – VaticanVa

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“… God’s Forgiveness is revealed through Jesus’ Words and Deeds. In pardoning sins, Jesus shows the Face of God the Merciful Father. … The high point of this revelation can be considered the sublime parable … usually called ‘the prodigal son’ … which should be called ‘the Merciful Father’ … God’s Attitude is presented in terms that are truly overwhelming

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Encyclical Letter Ecclesia De Eucharistia of His Holiness Saint Pope John Paul II, On the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church” – Saint John Paul II/VaticanVa

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“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church. In a variety of ways she joyfully experiences the constant fulfilment of the promise: “Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20), but in the

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The First Apology; [The first historical testimony of Christian baptism, in Rome in the middle of the second century]” – Saint Justin, Martyr/ DailyGospel

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“I will also relate the manner in which we dedicate ourselves to #God when we have been made new through #Christ … Those who believe that what we teach and say is true, and who undertake to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and entreat God with fasting for the remission of their past sins, we also praying and fasting

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