Meeting Jesus in the Sacraments
Meeting Jesus in the Sacraments
Pope Francis
Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division
Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
Huntington, Indiana 46750
Scripture quotations from the Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible copyright © 1965 and 1966 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition copyright © 1989 and 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2015 by Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
Copyright © 2015 by Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
Published 2015.
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ISBN 978-1-61278-831-9 (Inventory No. T1638)
eISBN: 978-1-61278-927-9
LCCN: 2014955294
Cover design: Tyler Ottinger
Cover photo: Stefano Spaziani
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Table of Contents
The Sacraments: Charisms and Charity
The Sacraments and the Transmission of Faith
The Fruit of Baptism: People of God
Baptism and Eucharistic Communion
Making Baptismal Faith Our Own
Baptizing Children — An Uninterrupted Chain
Confirmation and Steadfastness
The Eucharist, the Sacrament of Love
Graces of the Anointing of the Sick
The Church as a Field Hospital