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leschornmom
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- Besides the communion, are there other sacrements in the Catholic Church?
- Is the Catholic Comunion considered a sacrement?
- What is meant by the “Stations of the Cross”
- What is a “Hail Mary”?
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Andreas_Hofer
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There are seven sacraments:
Baptism
Reconciliation/Penance/Confession (three names for the same thing)
Eucharist (Communion)
Confirmation
Annointing of the Sick
Holy Orders
Matrimony
I’d answer the other questions, but I’ve gotta run off to rehearsal.
I hope others pick up my slack.
Baptism
Reconciliation/Penance/Confession (three names for the same thing)
Eucharist (Communion)
Confirmation
Annointing of the Sick
Holy Orders
Matrimony
I’d answer the other questions, but I’ve gotta run off to rehearsal.
I hope others pick up my slack.
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Scout
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There are 7 Sacraments in the Catholic Church. Baptism, Confirmation, Confession, Holy Orders (becoming a priest or other vowed sister or brother), Annointing the Sick, Matrimony and Eucharist (Holy Communion)
Yes, Catholic Communion (Eucharist or Holy Communion) is considered the most important of the Sacraments. It is the life and essence of the Church.
The Stations of the Cross is a time of prayer and reflection on the Passion of Christ (from the time of his sentence to death by Pontius Pilate to his being placed in the tomb after his death). There are prayers that we say with each station so that we can reflect even greater on the sufferings of our Lord. If you go into a Catholic Church, the 14 Stations of the Cross will be placed invididually along the walls.
A “Hail Mary” is a prayer we say to Our Mother, Mary, which was taken from Scripture. "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee, " (from the Annunciation-Gabriel’s greeting to Mary when he arrived to announce that Mary would carry the Son of God). “Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus,” (from the greeting Elizabeth gave Mary when she entered Elizabeth’s home). “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.” I’m not exactly sure where this part comes from, though. It might have been given to a saint by Mary herself, or adopted by the early Church Fathers.
Hope this helps.
Scout :tiphat:
Yes, Catholic Communion (Eucharist or Holy Communion) is considered the most important of the Sacraments. It is the life and essence of the Church.
The Stations of the Cross is a time of prayer and reflection on the Passion of Christ (from the time of his sentence to death by Pontius Pilate to his being placed in the tomb after his death). There are prayers that we say with each station so that we can reflect even greater on the sufferings of our Lord. If you go into a Catholic Church, the 14 Stations of the Cross will be placed invididually along the walls.
A “Hail Mary” is a prayer we say to Our Mother, Mary, which was taken from Scripture. "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee, " (from the Annunciation-Gabriel’s greeting to Mary when he arrived to announce that Mary would carry the Son of God). “Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus,” (from the greeting Elizabeth gave Mary when she entered Elizabeth’s home). “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.” I’m not exactly sure where this part comes from, though. It might have been given to a saint by Mary herself, or adopted by the early Church Fathers.
Hope this helps.
Scout :tiphat:
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Deacon_Ed
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leschornmom said:
NO, there are seven sacraments in the Catholic Church: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconcilliation (Confession), Marriage, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick.
Yes, that is the Eucharist and it is a sacrament.
The term “Stations of the Cross” generally refers to events in the life of Jesus. Catholics reflect on each of these events (such as the scourging, crucifixion, death and descent from the cross) and say certain prayers.
The “Hail Mary” is a prayer derived primarily from Scripture in which Catholics (and Orthodox) ask Mary to pray for us.
Deacon Ed
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Detroit_Sue
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leschornmom said:
Yes. They are: Baptism, Confession, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders, and the Annointing of the Sick.
Yes. It is the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
They are prayers we say as we meditate on the sufferings of Christ on the way to Calvary, as He is nailed to the Cross, dies, and is laid in the tomb.
It is a prayer based on Scripture (Luke1:28) and for a real in depth answer, look
here.
Hope this helps.
God bless,
Sue
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Detroit_Sue
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Wow, you guys ALL type faster than I do… 
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John666
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tkdnick
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Pretty good answers you got here! Especially the explanation of where the Hail Mary came from!
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RBushlow
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leschornmom said:
The Hail Mary is from Scripture (Primarily Luke)
The first part “Hail (Mary) full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women”, embodies the words used by the Angel Gabriel sent from God to Mary to announce that she was to have the Saviour inLuke 1:28. The second part, “and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Jesus)”, is borrowed from the greeting when Marty went to visit her cousin St. Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist) inLuke 1:42.
May the Love of God, the Peace of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you always.
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Timidity
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No. The Sacrament of Holy Orders is only given to deacons, priests, and bishops.
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Detroit_Sue
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Yup, and deacons are the only men who can receive all 7 sacraments! That’s even more than the Holy Father!!
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Timidity
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Detroit Sue:
On the other hand, there’s good arguement to suggest that deacon only receive part of the sacrament, and only bishops receive the full sacrament.
Still, 6.33333 sacraments is still more than 6.00000
LOL!
On the other hand, there’s good arguement to suggest that deacon only receive part of the sacrament, and only bishops receive the full sacrament.
Still, 6.33333 sacraments is still more than 6.00000
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Timidity
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Detroit Sue:
And of course the Latin Rite is the only Catholic rite the doesn’t allowed married priests, so there’s a number of 7-sacrament men in all the Eastern Rites.
And there’s those special circumstances where married Anglican (?) pastors are accepted into the Latin Rite…
Oops! Maybe not! What about windowers who become priests?Yup, and deacons are the only men who can receive all 7 sacraments! That’s even more than the Holy Father!!
And of course the Latin Rite is the only Catholic rite the doesn’t allowed married priests, so there’s a number of 7-sacrament men in all the Eastern Rites.
And there’s those special circumstances where married Anglican (?) pastors are accepted into the Latin Rite…
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leschornmom
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Is that what the rosary is for? I know that you’re supposed to focus on different parts of Christ’s life.
What would be the purpose of repeating this prayer after confession or does that only happen in the movies?
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Detroit_Sue
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Touché! My brain musta been in neutral for that!
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Detroit_Sue
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You are correct about the rosary. It does focus on the life of Christ. Even his Passion and death. The stations of the cross are a different devotion. If you have seen “The Passion of the Christ,” the chronology pretty closely follows the Stations of the Cross.
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leschornmom
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Detroit Sue:
When do you use the Rosary?
Can you list the staions of the cross?
I havn’t seen the Passion. I make it a point not to see movies with a higher rating than PG I have found that even that is questionable.
When do you use the Rosary?
Can you list the staions of the cross?
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RomanRyan1088
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You Asked:
Is that what the rosary is for? I know that you’re supposed to focus on different parts of Christ’s life.
Hello,
The Rosary is a Sacramental, which we believe was given to a saint Dominic (I think) by the Virgin Mary. No the Rosary is not used for the Satations of the cross, they are 2 seperate devotions. Im assuming you have seen a Rosary, so im sure you noticed the beads. The beads represent certian prayers. There are usually 5 prayers said during the rosary, they are:
Apostles Creed
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Hail Holy Queen
Yes, during the rosary, we meditate on certian parts of Mary and Jesus’ life. We call these meditations mysteries. There are 20 official Mysteries, they are as follows:
IV. The Joyful Mysteries
— The Annunciation
— The Visitation
— The Birth of Jesus
— The Presentation of Jesus
— The finding of Jesus in the temple
V. The Luminous Mysteries
— The Baptism of Jesus
— The Miracle at Cana
— The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
— The Transfiguration
— The Last Supper
VI. The Sorrowful Mysteries
— The Agony in the Garden
— The Scourging
— The Crowing with thorns
— The carrying of the cross
— The Crucifixion and Death
VII. The Glorious Mysteries
— The Resurrection
— The Ascension
— Decent of The Holy Spirit
— Assumption of Mary
— The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven.
If you would like, I can show you a Guide how to pray the Rosary. God bless.
Is that what the rosary is for? I know that you’re supposed to focus on different parts of Christ’s life.
Hello,
The Rosary is a Sacramental, which we believe was given to a saint Dominic (I think) by the Virgin Mary. No the Rosary is not used for the Satations of the cross, they are 2 seperate devotions. Im assuming you have seen a Rosary, so im sure you noticed the beads. The beads represent certian prayers. There are usually 5 prayers said during the rosary, they are:
Apostles Creed
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Hail Holy Queen
Yes, during the rosary, we meditate on certian parts of Mary and Jesus’ life. We call these meditations mysteries. There are 20 official Mysteries, they are as follows:
IV. The Joyful Mysteries
— The Annunciation
— The Visitation
— The Birth of Jesus
— The Presentation of Jesus
— The finding of Jesus in the temple
V. The Luminous Mysteries
— The Baptism of Jesus
— The Miracle at Cana
— The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
— The Transfiguration
— The Last Supper
VI. The Sorrowful Mysteries
— The Agony in the Garden
— The Scourging
— The Crowing with thorns
— The carrying of the cross
— The Crucifixion and Death
VII. The Glorious Mysteries
— The Resurrection
— The Ascension
— Decent of The Holy Spirit
— Assumption of Mary
— The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven.
If you would like, I can show you a Guide how to pray the Rosary. God bless.
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CatholicNerd
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Hopefully I’m not way off on a tangent somewhere, but I think a little bit of history about the Stations of the Cross would be a good thing to bring up.
Waaay back in the day (around 325ish, if I recall correctly), Byzantine Empress Helena erected a church above/around the Holy Sepulchure, that is, the tomb of Christ. People who could afford it/lived in the area made pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre out of pious devotion and penance for serious sins. This wasn’t terribly practical, considering that the Holy Land was just about as turbulent and violent then as it is today. That and 90 percent of the population couldn’t even make the trip due to economic reasons or reasons of health. The trip took about two years from Western Europe and women and children couldn’t go by default.
So somewhere, somebody had an idea… build copies of the Holy Sepulchre all over Europe and have people who otherwise couldn’t go have a pious way to make the journey in at least a spiritual sense. Obviously the churches didn’t look like the Holy Sepulchre, but that’s not really the point. So that worked for the faithful for a while, but then the Franciscans started erecting little wooden crosses in parish churches. Afterall, 90 percent of the population couldn’t get to the Holy Land, but a lot of that 90 percent couldn’t even go to the next village very easily…
In 1731, the number of stations was declared to be 14 to avoid confusion, and were ordered to be erected in every Latin Catholic parish. I really love the Stations of the Cross that have been installed at the Latin Cathedral in the city of Spokane, WA. Take a look! Beautiful! cathedralourladyoflourdes.org/cross.shtml
Waaay back in the day (around 325ish, if I recall correctly), Byzantine Empress Helena erected a church above/around the Holy Sepulchure, that is, the tomb of Christ. People who could afford it/lived in the area made pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre out of pious devotion and penance for serious sins. This wasn’t terribly practical, considering that the Holy Land was just about as turbulent and violent then as it is today. That and 90 percent of the population couldn’t even make the trip due to economic reasons or reasons of health. The trip took about two years from Western Europe and women and children couldn’t go by default.
So somewhere, somebody had an idea… build copies of the Holy Sepulchre all over Europe and have people who otherwise couldn’t go have a pious way to make the journey in at least a spiritual sense. Obviously the churches didn’t look like the Holy Sepulchre, but that’s not really the point. So that worked for the faithful for a while, but then the Franciscans started erecting little wooden crosses in parish churches. Afterall, 90 percent of the population couldn’t get to the Holy Land, but a lot of that 90 percent couldn’t even go to the next village very easily…
In 1731, the number of stations was declared to be 14 to avoid confusion, and were ordered to be erected in every Latin Catholic parish. I really love the Stations of the Cross that have been installed at the Latin Cathedral in the city of Spokane, WA. Take a look! Beautiful! cathedralourladyoflourdes.org/cross.shtml
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