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for "Mercy" in The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
Paragraph 1261
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION › THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
"As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus' tenderness toward children which caused him to..."
Paragraph 1096
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY › THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH › THE LITURGY - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
"...word, prayer of praise and intercession for the living and the dead, invocation of God's mercy. In its characteristic structure the Liturgy of the Word originates in Jewish prayer. the Liturgy of the Hours and other liturgical texts and formularies, as well as those of our..."
Paragraph 1283
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
"...who have died without Baptism, the liturgy of the Church invites us to trust in God's mercy and to pray for their salvation."
Paragraph 1422
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
""Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their..."
Paragraph 1424
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...it is also a "confession" - acknowledgment and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.
It is called the sacrament of forgiveness, since by the priest's sacramental absolution God grants the penitent "pardon and peace."[6]
It is called the sacrament..."
Paragraph 1429
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...after he had denied his master three times bears witness to this. Jesus' look of infinite mercy drew tears of repentance from Peter and, after the Lord's resurrection, a threefold affirmation of love for him.[20] The second conversion also has a communitarian dimension, as is..."
Paragraph 1431
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...the same time it entails the desire and resolution to change one's life, with hope in God's mercy and trust in the help of his grace. This conversion of heart is accompanied by a salutary pain and sadness which the Fathers called animi cruciatus (affliction of spirit) and..."
Paragraph 1439
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...of Christ Who knows the depths of his Father's love could reveal to us the abyss of his mercy in so simple and beautiful a way."
Paragraph 1456
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...all the sins that they can remember, they undoubtedly place all of them before the divine mercy for pardon. But those who fail to do so and knowingly withhold some, place nothing before the divine goodness for remission through the mediation of the priest, "for if the sick..."
Paragraph 1458
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...of the Spirit. By receiving more frequently through this sacrament the gift of the Father's mercy, we are spurred to be merciful as he is merciful:[60]
Whoever confesses his sins . . . is already working with God. God indicts your sins; if you also indict them, you are joined..."
Paragraph 1460
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...gravity and nature of the sins committed. It can consist of prayer, an offering, works of mercy, service of neighbor, voluntary self-denial, sacrifices, and above all the patient acceptance of the cross we must bear. Such penances help configure us to Christ, who alone..."
Paragraph 1466
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...full maturity. He must pray and do penance for his penitent, entrusting him to the Lord's mercy."
Paragraph 1473
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...strive to accept this temporal punishment of sin as a grace. He should strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the "old man" and to put on the "new man."[84]"
Paragraph 1489
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
"...God after having lost it through sin is a process born of the grace of God who is rich in mercy and solicitous for the salvation of men. One must ask for this precious gift for oneself and for others."
Paragraph 1490
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
"...in the future. Conversion touches the past and the future and is nourished by hope in God's mercy."
Paragraph 1513
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
"...other plants - saying, only once: "Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up."[128]"
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
"...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 1609
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"In his mercy God has not forsaken sinful man. the punishments consequent upon sin, "pain in childbearing" and toil "in the sweat of your brow,"[100] also embody remedies that limit the damaging effects of sin. After the fall, marriage helps to overcome self-absorption, egoism,..."