a) Baptism
b)Priestly ordination
c)marriage
d)prayerful biblical study
e)eucharist
2006-12-12 09:01:38 · 12 answers · asked by urlast2003 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i am stuck between baptism and eucharist. what do you think it is?
2006-12-12 09:21:57 · update #1
Matthew 22:36-39 states:
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Prayer and the Sacraments are some of the things that help us live the great Commandment.
With love in Christ.
2006-12-12 16:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of these are important means of growth for those who are called to them. But in terms of unity and intimacy with God, there is nothing on earth that comes close to the Most Holy Eucharist, where Christ Himself becomes not only physically present to us, but in fact becomes physically part of us, body and blood, soul and divinity. This is why the Eucharist, and the framework within which it is set, the Mass, has been the central act of Christian worship since the time of Christ, who personally celebrated the first Mass and the first Eucharist at the Last Supper, and then commanded, "do THIS in remembrance of Me". Do you obey this direct command from the lips of God Himself?
2006-12-12 17:33:15 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eucharist, though all the sacraments are vital.
Sacraments obey Jesus's teaching to love God with all the heart, mind, body, and soul.
Sacraments involve the heart via feeling and loving, the mind by understanding what the sacrament means, body by enacting the sacramental ceremony, and soul by giving God the glory and worship that is due him.
2006-12-12 17:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of those and all of those. The sacraments don't get rankings like that. Take ordination and marriage for example - both are sacraments of committment and both are seen as equally holy.
Prayer and study are not sacraments. But I do believe that a fruitful prayer life is one of the best ways to achieve closeness to God.
2006-12-12 17:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Eucharist is the life of the Catholic church.
2006-12-12 17:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A,B,C,E are all Sacraments are as anointing of the Sick/last rites, and Confirmation, and Confession.
Prayerful biblical study is an action of faith and happens every Sunday at Mass and should also be a part of every day prayer life.
Peace!
2006-12-12 17:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the above are essential, but the Eucharist is the single most significant.
2006-12-15 13:36:12 · answer #7 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Catholic sacramental system, prayerful biblical study is not a sacrament.
The rest of the list is sacraments. But the sacraments are only tools. The main way to achieve closeness to God is love -- God is love and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him.
2006-12-12 17:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by hawkthree 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
f.)"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9-10
2006-12-12 17:05:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
St Theresa of avila says, "contemplation is eternal life." so i'd say d.
2006-12-12 17:05:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋