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The Church: Communion of Saints Communities of Support

The Church: Communion of Saints Communities of Support. The Communion of Saints. If you were to die at a young age, what would your friends, family and acquaintances say about you in your eulogy? (It’s ok to brag) When you pray, to whom do you direct your prayers to?.

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The Church: Communion of Saints Communities of Support

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  1. The Church:Communion of SaintsCommunities of Support

  2. The Communion of Saints If you were to die at a young age, what would your friends, family and acquaintances say about you in your eulogy? (It’s ok to brag) When you pray, to whom do you direct your prayers to?

  3. The Church:Communion of SaintsCommunities of Support http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZf619DIpo&feature=fvw

  4. Objectives • Understand the Communion of Saints and the Body of Christ as applied to the Church • To learn that the Church is a gift from God that assist us in our moral lives

  5. Objectives • To appreciate that the Church’s sacraments are the masterworks of God that give us grace to follow Christ • To recognize the various ways that the Church serves as moral guide

  6. The Communion of Saints

  7. The Communion of Saints Acts 2: 42: “They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.” 1Cor. 12:7: “To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.” Romans 14:7 “None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.”

  8. The Apostle’s Creed “…I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints…”

  9. The Rites of Christian Funerals “We believe the relationships we forge in our lives do not unravel with death…”

  10. The Communion of Saints

  11. The Communion of Saints All of us

  12. Communion of Saints = Church The spiritual union of all those who believe in Christ and have been redeemed, including both those who have died and those who are still living The Holy Spirit unites all believers, including those living and deceased, as well as the ones being purified

  13. Communion of Saints = Church This is why we pray to those who have died for intercession. Just because a person has died, it does not mean they cannot bring our needs to God in heaven

  14. The Communion of Saints

  15. The Communion of Saints It also designates the “holy things”, such as charity and the Eucharist, by which the unity of the faithful is brought about The gifts that all persons posses and shares in service to the Church and the world The works of charity to those who are suffering The Sacrcraments that we share in community, Especially the Eucharist

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