Father Stephen Gadberry

Like it's a prayer that's offered up to God. You're united to the pains of Christ on the cross. And he works through that for the sake of sanctifying the world. So then you become, you don't become a burden to society. You become a A beacon of hope and blessing through which the Lord comes through your brokenness. That's anointing of the sick.

Like it's a prayer that's offered up to God. You're united to the pains of Christ on the cross. And he works through that for the sake of sanctifying the world. So then you become, you don't become a burden to society. You become a A beacon of hope and blessing through which the Lord comes through your brokenness. That's anointing of the sick.

Like it's a prayer that's offered up to God. You're united to the pains of Christ on the cross. And he works through that for the sake of sanctifying the world. So then you become, you don't become a burden to society. You become a A beacon of hope and blessing through which the Lord comes through your brokenness. That's anointing of the sick.

And the last two, and this isn't, they're not in order, numerical order like this, but the last two I'd mention would be the sacraments of marriage or holy orders. Or what? Holy orders, priesthood. Okay. Yeah. So, both of those are sacraments of a vocation or calling. What they do is commit us to... to a way of life. It gives us a vow.

And the last two, and this isn't, they're not in order, numerical order like this, but the last two I'd mention would be the sacraments of marriage or holy orders. Or what? Holy orders, priesthood. Okay. Yeah. So, both of those are sacraments of a vocation or calling. What they do is commit us to... to a way of life. It gives us a vow.

And the last two, and this isn't, they're not in order, numerical order like this, but the last two I'd mention would be the sacraments of marriage or holy orders. Or what? Holy orders, priesthood. Okay. Yeah. So, both of those are sacraments of a vocation or calling. What they do is commit us to... to a way of life. It gives us a vow.

And so we all have free will, and God wants us to love most fully with that. And the best way to love is to love perfectly, which would be a love till death. And a civil contract does not bind that. There is a binding element within that, but it's through the sacrament that it becomes a supernaturally bound contract. So husband and wife, for example, or a priest, I guess, till death do us part.

And so we all have free will, and God wants us to love most fully with that. And the best way to love is to love perfectly, which would be a love till death. And a civil contract does not bind that. There is a binding element within that, but it's through the sacrament that it becomes a supernaturally bound contract. So husband and wife, for example, or a priest, I guess, till death do us part.

And so we all have free will, and God wants us to love most fully with that. And the best way to love is to love perfectly, which would be a love till death. And a civil contract does not bind that. There is a binding element within that, but it's through the sacrament that it becomes a supernaturally bound contract. So husband and wife, for example, or a priest, I guess, till death do us part.

So the sacraments, you mentioned through all those, this is gonna bring it back to how this started was like, that allows us to have a true actual physical contact with Christ because in all of those, we've received Christ himself in a very distinct way through the baptism, the anointing of the sick, through confirmation. through the holy orders, priesthood and ordination.

So the sacraments, you mentioned through all those, this is gonna bring it back to how this started was like, that allows us to have a true actual physical contact with Christ because in all of those, we've received Christ himself in a very distinct way through the baptism, the anointing of the sick, through confirmation. through the holy orders, priesthood and ordination.

So the sacraments, you mentioned through all those, this is gonna bring it back to how this started was like, that allows us to have a true actual physical contact with Christ because in all of those, we've received Christ himself in a very distinct way through the baptism, the anointing of the sick, through confirmation. through the holy orders, priesthood and ordination.

But there's an interesting thing with the Eucharist. These other ones, you receive it once, and it's like something that happened, kind of like it unlocks God's grace in those moments, and then you move forward. With the Eucharist, the presence remains in the bread. The presence remains in the wine. It's been consecrated.

But there's an interesting thing with the Eucharist. These other ones, you receive it once, and it's like something that happened, kind of like it unlocks God's grace in those moments, and then you move forward. With the Eucharist, the presence remains in the bread. The presence remains in the wine. It's been consecrated.

But there's an interesting thing with the Eucharist. These other ones, you receive it once, and it's like something that happened, kind of like it unlocks God's grace in those moments, and then you move forward. With the Eucharist, the presence remains in the bread. The presence remains in the wine. It's been consecrated.

It becomes the body and blood of Christ, which is why all churches, Catholic churches, keep a tabernacle where we keep the Eucharist. It's kept over like a locking key because it's a sacred thing. We don't want people to do it. you know, do anything with it, you know, anything sacrilegious with it or anything like that, that presence remains. Yeah. Interesting.

It becomes the body and blood of Christ, which is why all churches, Catholic churches, keep a tabernacle where we keep the Eucharist. It's kept over like a locking key because it's a sacred thing. We don't want people to do it. you know, do anything with it, you know, anything sacrilegious with it or anything like that, that presence remains. Yeah. Interesting.

It becomes the body and blood of Christ, which is why all churches, Catholic churches, keep a tabernacle where we keep the Eucharist. It's kept over like a locking key because it's a sacred thing. We don't want people to do it. you know, do anything with it, you know, anything sacrilegious with it or anything like that, that presence remains. Yeah. Interesting.

Why do they have to go through a priest to get that forgiveness? Good question. It would be what I referenced earlier, one, for the communal element, like the sin that's been done, it affects the whole family, even if it's a private sin. But then also just the surety of hearing the forgiveness, of knowing that the Lord's forgiven us. Yeah. I wish I could explain it better in that regard.

Why do they have to go through a priest to get that forgiveness? Good question. It would be what I referenced earlier, one, for the communal element, like the sin that's been done, it affects the whole family, even if it's a private sin. But then also just the surety of hearing the forgiveness, of knowing that the Lord's forgiven us. Yeah. I wish I could explain it better in that regard.