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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 301
Holy water is water blessed by the priest with solemn prayer to beg God's blessing on those who use it, and protection from the powers of darkness.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 302
Besides the sign of the Cross and holy water there are many other sacramentals, such as blessed candles, ashes, palms, crucifixes, images of the Blessed Virgin and of the saints, rosaries, and scapulars.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 303
There is another means of obtaining God's grace, and it is prayer.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 304
Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God to adore Him, to thank Him for His benefits, to ask His forgiveness, and to beg of Him all the graces we need whether for soul or body.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 305
Prayer is necessary to salvation, and without it no one having the use of reason can be saved.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 306
We should pray particularly on Sundays and holydays, every morning and night, in all dangers, temptations, and afflictions.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 307
We should pray: 1st, With attention; 2d, With a sense of our own helplessness and dependence upon God; 3d, With a great desire for the graces we beg of God; 4th, With trust in God's goodness; 5th, With perseverance.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 308
The prayers most recommended to us are the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, the Apostles' Creed, the Confiteor, and the Acts of Faith, Hope, Love, and Contrition.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 309
Prayers said with wilful distractions are of no avail.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 310
It is not enough to belong to the Church in order to be saved, but we must also keep the Commandments of God and of the Church.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 311
The Commandments which contain the whole law of God are these two: 1st, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with thy whole strength, and with thy whole mind; 2d, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 312
These two Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain the whole law of God because all the other Commandments are given either to help us to keep these two, or to direct us how to shun what is opposed to them.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 313
The Commandments of God are these ten. 1. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth…Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 314
God Himself gave the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, and Christ our Lord confirmed them.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 315
The first Commandment is: I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.Read the source passage →
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