The holy Eucharist is not only a sacrament; it is also a sacrifice-the ... sins followed by absolution remains the only ordinary means of reconciliation with God and with the Church.

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

50 The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly ... the possibility of asking for this sacrament. 62 The Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures ...

A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace. It takes the form of a visible ... to call sacraments ‘ordinances’. This simply means an act of obedience to a command of Jesus.

Only men can receive this sacrament and this means they can administer the sacraments ... is offered to those who are ill and need God’s grace to help them recover. It may also be offered ...