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Presentation Five

Living the

Sacraments

Presented by: Jim Woods

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The Breath of God

Brings with it a thorough change which involves the whole person.

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“these people were filled with the Spirit of Jesus. They were anointed with the Holy Spirit.“ (Joseph Martos, ‘The Catholic Sacraments’)

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Being Catholic

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our sacraments should be symbols of the life we are

already living

Alive in the Spirit

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Being Church

Christianity emphasises "the grace of God as making the Christian life possible, on the love of God (rather than the individual's self-respect) as the object towards which human striving should be directed, and on the outgoing activity of 'charity' towards one's fellow men." (Henry Chadwick, "The Penguin History of the Church 1": Penguin, London, 1993. p.56)

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A Sharing, Helping, Loving,

Supporting Community?

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How do we showThat we are

Truly Church?

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Our Catholic Identity

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Citizens of the World

In today's world our task as Christians is to bring hope, and hope is possible only if there is energy available to change the present course of events.

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Hope not Fear

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Bring Faith, Hope and Love to all in what we do and say