Father Stephen Gadberry

You could do FaceTime with your kids, but it's not like walking through that door and picking them up and hugging them. There has to be physical touch, which is why God became man, because to save us completely. He's not removed from this experience that we have. It's a physical thing. It's raw, man. It's raw, which makes it so real, which goes back to the question that Brian had at the beginning.

Yeah, you're mad at God? Okay, be mad at God. Let him have it. It's only in reality that we encounter God, which includes everything that we live day in and day out. So for me, that's one of the most convicting things of the church. Yeah, I've studied all the theology. There's so much there. I remember a lot of it. What I don't remember, I can easily look up.

Yeah, you're mad at God? Okay, be mad at God. Let him have it. It's only in reality that we encounter God, which includes everything that we live day in and day out. So for me, that's one of the most convicting things of the church. Yeah, I've studied all the theology. There's so much there. I remember a lot of it. What I don't remember, I can easily look up.

Yeah, you're mad at God? Okay, be mad at God. Let him have it. It's only in reality that we encounter God, which includes everything that we live day in and day out. So for me, that's one of the most convicting things of the church. Yeah, I've studied all the theology. There's so much there. I remember a lot of it. What I don't remember, I can easily look up.

Like, the reason I'm sticking with it is because it's so damn real. There's a physical touch to Jesus Christ through this faith that I'm living. What is the physical touch? Through the sacraments. In the sacraments, Jesus Christ is truly present in the sacraments. The sacraments, those celebrations or those rituals that we'll do, in which Jesus Christ becomes truly present.

Like, the reason I'm sticking with it is because it's so damn real. There's a physical touch to Jesus Christ through this faith that I'm living. What is the physical touch? Through the sacraments. In the sacraments, Jesus Christ is truly present in the sacraments. The sacraments, those celebrations or those rituals that we'll do, in which Jesus Christ becomes truly present.

Like, the reason I'm sticking with it is because it's so damn real. There's a physical touch to Jesus Christ through this faith that I'm living. What is the physical touch? Through the sacraments. In the sacraments, Jesus Christ is truly present in the sacraments. The sacraments, those celebrations or those rituals that we'll do, in which Jesus Christ becomes truly present.

in a supernatural and sacred way. It's like the Holy Eucharist. We believe, and we live around the fact that that's the body and blood, the soul and divinity of Jesus Christ. And the Eucharist can only be celebrated, again, through a priest who's been ordained. The whole line that I pointed out a second ago. Can't just be Joe Schmoe that does it.

in a supernatural and sacred way. It's like the Holy Eucharist. We believe, and we live around the fact that that's the body and blood, the soul and divinity of Jesus Christ. And the Eucharist can only be celebrated, again, through a priest who's been ordained. The whole line that I pointed out a second ago. Can't just be Joe Schmoe that does it.

in a supernatural and sacred way. It's like the Holy Eucharist. We believe, and we live around the fact that that's the body and blood, the soul and divinity of Jesus Christ. And the Eucharist can only be celebrated, again, through a priest who's been ordained. The whole line that I pointed out a second ago. Can't just be Joe Schmoe that does it.

It's gotta be someone who is in communion with the church. So that's the kind of the tradition element, like it's handed on. I don't know if that makes sense. What are all the sacraments? You got seven of them. First is baptism. That's what cleanses, washes us of original sin, makes us beloved sons and daughters of God.

It's gotta be someone who is in communion with the church. So that's the kind of the tradition element, like it's handed on. I don't know if that makes sense. What are all the sacraments? You got seven of them. First is baptism. That's what cleanses, washes us of original sin, makes us beloved sons and daughters of God.

It's gotta be someone who is in communion with the church. So that's the kind of the tradition element, like it's handed on. I don't know if that makes sense. What are all the sacraments? You got seven of them. First is baptism. That's what cleanses, washes us of original sin, makes us beloved sons and daughters of God.

We're no longer just a creature of God, but we're a son and daughter that's greatly loved, welcomed into his family. After that, you've got the, if you take the sacraments of initiation, you've got baptism. You've got the Holy Eucharist, which is the body and blood of Christ, which we talked about that. John 6, you know, you can go and read about that.

We're no longer just a creature of God, but we're a son and daughter that's greatly loved, welcomed into his family. After that, you've got the, if you take the sacraments of initiation, you've got baptism. You've got the Holy Eucharist, which is the body and blood of Christ, which we talked about that. John 6, you know, you can go and read about that.

We're no longer just a creature of God, but we're a son and daughter that's greatly loved, welcomed into his family. After that, you've got the, if you take the sacraments of initiation, you've got baptism. You've got the Holy Eucharist, which is the body and blood of Christ, which we talked about that. John 6, you know, you can go and read about that.

The bread of life discourse, Jesus says over and over and over, I am the bread of life. Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you. Like a At no point does he say, I'm just the image of, you know, the bread and the wine is an image of me. He says, I am the bread of life. Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you.

The bread of life discourse, Jesus says over and over and over, I am the bread of life. Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you. Like a At no point does he say, I'm just the image of, you know, the bread and the wine is an image of me. He says, I am the bread of life. Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you.

The bread of life discourse, Jesus says over and over and over, I am the bread of life. Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you. Like a At no point does he say, I'm just the image of, you know, the bread and the wine is an image of me. He says, I am the bread of life. Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you.

And so like what he ended on was the Eucharist in that. Paul speaks of that. Take this, this is my body. Take this, this is my blood. Take and eat, take and drink. So it would be asinine for Jesus to say, you have no life in me. unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood. He doesn't make that possible. So we got the Eucharist. That's the second one. The third one is confirmation.