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Paragraph 1578
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
"...Church, who has the responsibility and right to call someone to receive orders. Like every grace, this sacrament can be received only as an unmerited gift."
Paragraph 1581
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
"This sacrament configures the recipient to Christ by a special grace of the Holy Spirit, so that he may serve as Christ's instrument for his Church. By ordination one is enabled to act as a representative of Christ, Head of the Church, in his triple office of priest, prophet,..."
Paragraph 1585
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
"The grace of the Holy Spirit proper to this sacrament is configuration to Christ as Priest, Teacher, and Pastor, of whom the ordained is made a minister."
Paragraph 1588
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
"With regard to deacons, "strengthened by sacramental grace they are dedicated to the People of God, in conjunction with the bishop and his body of priests, in the service (diakonia) of the liturgy, of the Gospel, and of works of charity."[81]"
Paragraph 1589
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
"Before the grandeur of the priestly grace and office, the holy doctors felt an urgent call to conversion in order to conform their whole lives to him whose sacrament had made them ministers. Thus St. Gregory of Nazianzus, as a very young priest, exclaimed:
We must begin by..."
Paragraph 1608
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"...though seriously disturbed. To heal the wounds of sin, man and woman need the help of the grace that God in his infinite mercy never refuses them.[99] Without his help man and woman cannot achieve the union of their lives for which God created them "in the beginning.""
Paragraph 1617
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"...the sacrament of the covenant of Christ and the Church. Since it signifies and communicates grace, marriage between baptized persons is a true sacrament of the New Covenant.[112]"
Paragraph 1619
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"Virginity for the sake of the kingdom of heaven is an unfolding of baptismal grace, a powerful sign of the supremacy of the bond with Christ and of the ardent expectation of his return, a sign which also recalls that marriage is a reality of this present age which is passing..."
Paragraph 1620
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"...of God come from the Lord himself. It is he who gives them meaning and grants them the grace which is indispensable for living them out in conformity with his will.[117] Esteem of virginity for the sake of the kingdom[118] and the Christian understanding of marriage are..."
Paragraph 1623
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"In the Latin Church, it is ordinarily understood that the spouses, as ministers of Christ's grace, mutually confer upon each other the sacrament of Matrimony by expressing their consent before the Church. In the Eastern liturgies the minister of this sacrament (which is called..."
Paragraph 1624
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"The various liturgies abound in prayers of blessing and epiclesis asking God's grace and blessing on the new couple, especially the bride. In the epiclesis of this sacrament the spouses receive the Holy Spirit as the communion of love of Christ and the Church.[124] The Holy..."
Paragraph 1637
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"...virtues, and perseverance in prayer can prepare the non-believing spouse to accept the grace of conversion."
Paragraph 1642
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"Christ is the source of this grace. "Just as of old God encountered his people with a covenant of love and fidelity, so our Savior, the spouse of the Church, now encounters Christian spouses through the sacrament of Matrimony."[147] Christ dwells with them, gives them the..."
Paragraph 1648
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"...their own faithfulness they can be witnesses to God's faithful love. Spouses who with God's grace give this witness, often in very difficult conditions, deserve the gratitude and support of the ecclesial community.[156]"
Paragraph 1651
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"...faith, to cultivate the spirit and practice of penance and thus implore, day by day, God's grace.[159]"
Paragraph 1666
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
"...For this reason the family home is rightly called "the domestic church," a community of grace and prayer, a school of human virtues and of Christian charity."
Paragraph 1683
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS › CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
"...him "into the Father's hands." She offers to the Father, in Christ, the child of his grace, and she commits to the earth, in hope, the seed of the body that will rise in glory.[184] This offering is fully celebrated in the Eucharistic sacrifice; the blessings before and..."
Paragraph 1692
LIFE IN CHRIST
"...a life "worthy of the gospel of Christ."[4] They are made capable of doing so by the grace of Christ and the gifts of his Spirit, which they receive through the sacraments and through prayer."
Paragraph 1700
LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
"...whole sentient and spiritual lives into means of this growth (article 6). With the help of grace they grow in virtue (article 7), avoid sin, and if they sin they entrust themselves as did the prodigal son[1] to the mercy of our Father in heaven (article 8). In this way they..."
Paragraph 1701
LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD
"...in man by the first sin, has been restored to its original beauty and ennobled by the grace of God.[4]"
Paragraph 1708
LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD
"...us from Satan and from sin. He merited for us the new life in the Holy Spirit. His grace restores what sin had damaged in us."
Paragraph 1709
LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD
"...Savior, the disciple attains the perfection of charity which is holiness. Having matured in grace, the moral life blossoms into eternal life in the glory of heaven."
Paragraph 1715
LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
"...has new life in the Holy Spirit. the moral life, increased and brought to maturity in grace, is to reach its fulfillment in the glory of heaven."
Paragraph 1722
LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
"...It comes from an entirely free gift of God: whence it is called supernatural, as is the grace that disposes man to enter into the divine joy.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
It is true, because of the greatness and inexpressible glory of God, that..."
Paragraph 1724
LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
"...catechesis describe for us the paths that lead to the Kingdom of heaven. Sustained by the grace of the Holy Spirit, we tread them, step by step, by everyday acts. By the working of the Word of Christ, we slowly bear fruit in the Church to the glory of God.[25]"