THE THREE FUNDAMENTAL ATTITUDES FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE

SACRAMENTS

PERSONAL REALIZATION OF A

SACRAMENT

THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS THE ACTUALIZATION OF THE

CHRIST-MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH AND IN PERSONAL

SPIRITUALITY, A LIVING ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST, AND THE PERSONAL READINESS TO BE TRANSFORMED AND TO BE RECEPTIVE BEFORE THE LIVING

GOD

AN OBJECTIFIED OR “MATERIAL” VIEW OF THE RECEPTION OF THE

SACRAMENTS…

AND…

RELIGIOUS

BONDAGE !

A SPIRITUAL RECEPTION OF THE SACRAMENT

SPIRITUALITER MANDUCARE

VALID RECEPTION OF THE

SACRAMENT

SACRAMENTALITER MANDUCARE

WHAT WAS DEMANDED WAS NOT ONLY AN INTERIOR AND PERSONAL DISPOSITION, BUT ALSO A GENUINE RELIGIOUS

DISPOSITION THAT HAS BECOME WHOLLY FREE AND SELFLESS BY THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE RECEPTION OF THE SACRAMENTS MUST BE SOUGHT WITH THE LONGING

OF ONE’S HEART THAT DERIVES FROM A FAITH ANIMATED BY….

QUIA VISIBILEM CIBUM SPIRITUALITER

INTELLEXERUNT, SPIRITUALITER ESURIERUNT,

SPIRITUALITER GUSTAVERUNT, UT

SPIRITUALITER SATIARENTUR

Openness to Brotherhood in the Church

Christian Obligation to the Whole World

GOALS

JUST AS CHRIST TOOK HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH UPON

HIMSELF FOR THE SAKE OF THE WHOLE WORLD AND ALL

HUMANKIND, SO TOO THE SACRAMENTS MUST MAKE US

FREE FOR AN ECCLESIAL, CHRISTIAN, AND HUMAN

SERVICE TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND TO GOD’S

WORLD

THE SACRAMENT OUGHT TO LEAD US OUT OF OUR….

“PRIVATE PIETY”

AND INTO THE…

“ECCLESIAL PIETY”

THE DIVISION IN THE MIND OF MANY BETWEEN A FAITH WHICH IS

CONFESSED AND THEIR DAILY LIVES BELONGS TO THE GRAVE ABERRATIONS OF OUR TIME…WE ARE TO ERECT NO

ARTIFICIAL OPPOSITION BETWEEN OUR PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY,

ON THE OTHER HAND, AND OUR RELIGIOUS LIFE, ON THE OTHER (GS

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