Queen of Peace

Dcn Tom Phelan
English Marriage Prep
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"It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be grounded down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.”

-John Paul II

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I think I will never forget my first communion! We were still living in New York at the time and I was seven years old. My parents and the religious education teacher had explained to us about Jesus in the Eucharist and how the bread and wine that are offered at the Mass, by the grace of God and the working of the Holy Spirit are transformed into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ.

Last week we took a look at the sacrament of Baptism. Today let’s reflect on the sacrament of confirmation which strengthens in our soul the sanctifying grace we received in baptism and enables us to profess our faith as strong and perfect Christians and witnesses of Jesus Christ.

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So far we have taken a look at the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Reconciliation, all given to us by Jesus Christ in order to renew us and strengthen us in God’s love. Today, let’s consider the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. In the past, this sacrament was known as “extreme unction” and was generally given in the proximity of death, but the Church in her wisdom and guided by the Holy Spirit who “leads us to the fullness
of truth”, teaches us that we can receive this sacrament more than once and that it can be administered, not only in extreme moments but also in the case of serious illness, or before a serious operation.

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I want to baptize my baby, what are the necessary requirements that I should meet?

• A desire to raise your child in the teachings and doctrines of the Catholic faith, seeking the truth, and living by example.
• Parents must be registered members of the parish for at least 4 months.
• A copy of your child's birth certificate.
• Prayerfully choose godparent(s) according to Diocesan guidelines.
• Parents and godparents need to attend a baptism preparation class. (No children)
  Invite godparents(s) to attend the baptismal preparation class with you or at his/her church if they have not done so within the last 2 years.

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Baptism is the greatest gift we have ever received! It is the sacrament by which we are born in the spiritual life through water and the invocation of the Holy Trinity. We receive the gift of supernatural life as children of God. We are incorporated into Christ and the Church and capacitated for the reception of the other sacraments. Jesus preached it in the Gospel of St. John when he said to Nicodemus: “amen I say to you, unless you are reborn of water and the Spirit you cannot enter the kingdom of God.” Jesus commanded his disciples to go out to all the world and baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Mt. 28:19) Jesus himself was baptized in the Jordan and in this way sanctified the waters for our baptism.

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Tuesday: 7:00pm-8:00pm
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Examination of Conscience

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It was Christ himself that instituted the great sacrament of Confession by giving his authority to forgive sins to the apostles so that he could work through them for our good. This authority has been passed on down through the ages by the laying on of hands in the ordination of priests and bishops. This is a gift from Christ and given to his priests not becausethe men who receive it are better than anyone else, but because Christ has chosen to give it to them and thus manifest his greatness in the midst of human weakness. But what is Confession? It is the forgiveness of our sins committed after baptism and the cleansing of our souls to renew within us the sanctifying grace we lost because of them. It is necessary for us to go to confession whenever we are aware of grave sins on our soul, but it is also wise for us to go a few times a year to wash clean our imperfections, venial sins and faults that we struggle with every day, because confession does not merely wash away our sins, it strengthens within us the sanctifying grace of our baptism so that we can fight the good fight and grow in our faith and love of God and neighbor.