Lesson 3
Sacraments: Channels Of Divine Life
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Once Jesus, tired after a long journey,sat by the side of a well. Then, a Samaritan woman came there to draw water.While talking to her,Jesus said: "Everyone who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty.The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life"(John 4: 13- 14).
Jesus promises life-giving water to the thirsty.The life-giving water that He promised is the divine life or grace.Those who receive grace become heirs to eternal life.Jesus gives this grace that makes us heirs life through the Church.
Haven't you seen the canals through which water is brought from rivers or big ponds to the areas of cultivation?The water that flows through these canals water the plants.They grow and bear fruit.
The first three sacraments are known as sacraments of initiation.It is through these sacraments that a person enters into relationship with Jesus and the life of the church.
Baptism,Anointing,Holy Qurbana,Reconciliation,Anointing the sick,Holy Orders,Matrimony
At each stage of a person's life,from birth to death,Jesus gives us the grace to grow in divine life and to carry out the several ministries in the Church through these sacraments.Receiving these sacraments,with due devotion and preparation,let us grow in grace.
Let Us Pray
O Jesus you who instituted sacraments to make us
grow in divine life ,enable us to receive these sacraments
with proper preparation and devotion.
Word Of God to remember
"Those who drink of water that I will give
them,will never be thirsty"(John 4:14).
Let us read the Word of
God with devotion
John 4:1-15
My Decision
I will receive sacraments with
proper preparation and due devotion.
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