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Sacramental Prep Policies |
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When we gather each week on “the eighth day” to partake of the Scriptures at the table of God’s Word and to eat and drink of the Body and Blood of the Lord at the table of the Eucharist, we Christians celebrate our very identity. The Eucharist is the source and the summit of the Christian life. It makes us who we are, celebrates who we are and nourishes us in who we are. We Christians define ourselves not simply by our love for one another, but most essentially as those who assemble with the whole community each Sunday to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus and to eat and drink of it in Eucharist.
The first requirement for all who are preparing to receive a sacrament in our community, therefore, is that they participate faithfully in Sunday Eucharist.
Throughout the past two thousand years every age has reflected upon the ministry of Jesus Christ and the Scriptures, and then has offered its own singular expression of who Jesus is for us, the meaning of the Scriptures’ call to us and what a faithful response to the life of God among us looks like. Our Catholic tradition, therefore, is long, rich and deeply textured. A lifetime is too short for learning the depth and breadth of what the Catholic tradition teaches us about the life of God among us. Life-long learning about our faith is a fundamental commitment of every Christian.
The second requirement for all preparing to receive a sacrament in our community, therefore, is their participation in the total community learning experiences that we call Generations of Faith.
Beyond these two requirements, preparation for receiving a sacrament has unique requirements specific to it. You will find them in the areas of the website listed below. |
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