The Third Commandment mandates rest and worship, now observed on Sunday. It includes attending Mass, avoiding unnecessary work, and following Church precepts like fasting and confession as expressions of obedience to God.
We honor God's name by solemnly invoking Him as a witness to truth. This differs from prayer and meditation, which are holy practices through which God's praise remains always in our mouth.
The first commandment commands exclusive worship of God, forbidding idols. It stresses His sole divinity and supreme authority, deserving our highest love and obedience as Creator, ruler, and true God.
The motive for obeying the commandments is that God is their author. Though delivered by an angel, the law comes from God and is inscribed on the human heart, guiding moral judgment.
This session included open discussion on Church issues, a Q&A segment, and participants exploring faith, concerns, and understanding through the lens of Catholic teaching.
This broadcast offers a catechism on holy matrimony, highlighting its divine origin, sacramental nature, purposes, and blessings, with encouragement for couples to center their vocation on Christ.
The Council of Trent teaches that sacrifice and priesthood are divinely united and always present. Through Christ’s institution, the Catholic Church received the holy, visible sacrifice of the Eucharist.
Priests are sent like Christ and the apostles to perfect the saints and build Christ’s body. Candidates for Holy Orders must show holiness, moral integrity, knowledge, and prudence.
This Catholic catechesis teaches about Extreme Unction, or Anointing of the Sick. Scripture urges, “Remember thy last end.” This sacrament is closely tied to meditating on death and final judgment.
Penance is a sacrament instituted by Christ to remove all doubt about the forgiveness of sins. One reason for its institution was to assure us of the remission of sins, as promised by God.
The Mass, instituted by Christ at the Last Supper, is a true sacrifice offered to God alone. Though celebrated in honor of saints, the sacrifice is never offered to them.
Before giving His Apostles His Body and Blood, Jesus washed their feet, showing that we must diligently prepare for Holy Communion with the greatest purity and innocence of soul.
The visible accidents of bread and wine remain, but without any substance, as their substance is entirely changed into the Body and Blood of Christ, ceasing to be bread and wine.
Among all sacred mysteries given by our Lord as instruments of divine grace, none compares to the Most Holy Eucharist. No sin carries a heavier punishment than the unholy, irreligious, or sacrilegious misuse of this most holy sacrament, which contains the very altar and source of all holiness.
Confirmation strengthens a baptized person with new spiritual power through anointing by the bishop, making them a perfect soldier of Christ, if no obstacle hinders the sacrament’s efficacy.
By nature, we are born from Adam as children of wrath, but by baptism, we are regenerated in Christ as children of mercy. For Christ gave power to men to be made the sons of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born not of blood, nor of the flesh, nor the will of man, but of God.
Sacraments are visible signs instituted by Christ to confer grace. They signify spiritual realities, nourish the soul, unite believers, and reflect God’s mercy, serving as essential means of salvation and holiness.
All sins must be atoned for. The sufferings in Purgatory include exclusion from the immediate presence of God and other great pains. Hence, the Church prays, “Grant rest to the souls of the faithful departed,” and the perpetual light by coffins or graves signifies our prayer for their admittance to God’s sight.
A Catholic should ardently desire eternal life, so that any difficult Christian duties may seem light or agreeable, leading to more willing and cheerful obedience to God.
God’s grace and love are beyond our full understanding; thus, we believe and profess in the Credo: He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
This distinction shows that of the human person’s two essential parts, body and soul, only the body undergoes corruption and returns to dust; the soul remains incorrupt, immortal, and does not perish.
In forgiving sins, priests and sacraments are the ordinary instruments Christ, the Author and Giver of salvation, uses to grant us pardon and the grace of justification.
The Church is called the “body of Christ,” its deepest and most profound image, especially evident in Holy Scripture, particularly in the Epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, equal to the Father and the Son, equally God, omnipotent, eternal, infinitely perfect, supremely good, infinitely wise, and of the same nature and substance.
The ineffable wisdom and mercy of God's providence provide every age of human and Church history with the means most needed to heal spiritual wounds and save humanity from grave spiritual and material disasters.
Heaven is due to Christ by virtue of His victory. Sent to battle the devil, Christ overcame him and thus merited exaltation above all. As He says in Revelation: “I also have overcome and am set down with my Father on His throne.”
Mary’s Heart was opened with “Woman, behold your son,” united with Christ’s pierced Heart, both moved by the same love for humanity, fulfilled in His sacrifice on the Cross.
