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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 286
To receive the Sacrament of Matrimony worthily it is necessary to be in the state of grace, and it is necessary also to comply with the laws of the Church.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 287
The Church alone has the right to make laws concerning the Sacrament of marriage, though the state also has the right to make laws concerning the civil effects of the marriage contract.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 288
The Church does forbid the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 289
The Church forbids the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all, because such marriages generally lead to indifference, loss of faith, and to the neglect of the religious education of the children.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 290
Many marriages prove unhappy because they are entered into hastily and without worthy motives.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 291
Christians should prepare for a holy and happy marriage by receiving the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucharist; by begging God to grant them a pure intention and to direct their choice; and by seeking the advice of their parents and the blessing of their pastors.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 292
A sacramental is anything set apart or blessed by the Church to excite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these movements of the heart to remit venial sin.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 293
The difference between the Sacraments and the sacramentals is: 1st, The Sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ and the sacramentals were instituted by the Church; 2d, The Sacraments give grace of themselves when we place no obstacle in the way; the sacramentals excite in us pious dispositions…Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 294
The chief sacramental used in the Church is the sign of the Cross.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 295
We make the sign of the Cross by putting the right hand to the forehead, then on the breast, and then to the left and right shoulders, saying, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 296
We make the sign of the Cross to show that we are Christians and to profess our belief in the chief mysteries of our religion.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 297
The sign of the Cross is a profession of faith in the chief mysteries of our religion because it expresses the mysteries of the Unity and Trinity of God and of the Incarnation and death of our Lord.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 298
The words, In the name, express the Unity of God; the words that follow, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, express the mystery of the Trinity.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 299
The sign of the Cross expresses the mystery of the Incarnation by reminding us that the Son of God, having become man, suffered death on the cross.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 300
Another sacramental in very frequent use is holy water.Read the source passage →