“Respect for everything Holy Mother Church stands for and is, makes it difficult to not shout ‘STOP’ at the justification in diminishing the Importance of the Sacraments in Holy Mother Church.

HOLY COMMUNION

1. The lack of respect for the Importance of Holy Communion.

2. The lack of care taken in the process of Its distribution to the people.

3. The indifference to the care of the Chalice and all items connected to the Sacredness of Holy Communion.

4. The smugness and pride of lay
individuals whose aggressiveness to handle this Special Gift of God’s, not to those who deserve It, but to those who find It a Blessing, is not just upsetting because of the egotistical presumption on the part of these men and women, but wrong, because it is usurping the privilege and responsibility of the priest.

It is a weakening gesture to the individual priest and diminishes his service to God in many ways. It makes the priest dependent, and that is wrong.

5. Holy Communion is a Sacrament of Divine Love. It is so Special that in the preparation for It, and the desire to receive It, a feeling of Special Grace is evident in one’s whole being.

Thanksgiving after Holy Communion is never as full as it should be, but awareness of the Importance of Holy Communion is felt inwardly, perhaps indescribable in our human way.

PENANCE

1. A Sacrament that alerts us to the importance of saying, ‘I am sorry, God, for offending You in my disobedience to Your Ten Commandments.’

2. Penance reminds us of our responsibility to reject what is wrong. This Sacrament should never be diminished because It is a constant Spiritual response to growing closer to God instead of away from God.

CONFIRMATION

1. A Sacrament formally planned for a particular time in our life when we are preparing to face the responsibilities of adulthood. It is a time to confirm our Faith in God, and to accept the importance of understanding the responsibility of being a member of the Mystical Body of Christ embraced with the Gifts of The Holy Spirit.

EXTREME UNCTION

1. A Sacrament of peace, hope, love, strength, and an open dependence on God through It, for the physical, mental and Spiritual ability to accept His Will for our life on earth, desiring to face Him with the love and purity He intended our life to be.

MARRIAGE

1. In the Sacrament of Matrimony, experience, responsibilities, living together, adjusting to each other’s likes, dislikes, habits, concerns, beliefs, needs, is different in many ways from other couples.

2. Many times the forced premarriage instruction causes confusion, and can destroy the learning to live freely to understand one’s own partner, instead of basing issues on what someone else found comfortable and right for them. Also, forced premarriage instruction is not always done by people of the Roman Catholic Religion, nor is it always done in a refined format or dignified speech.

3. Marriage is a Sacrament because of its design by God and its reason by God for the perpetuation of life.

How can anyone condone and accept immoral relationships that allow two people to live as man and wife without accepting the formal responsibility of the marriage state?

So many people are living in adultery, causing scandal to young people and to their own children of all ages.

4. In addition to the scandalous living conditions of some men with women, we are subjected to the sick standards of homosexuals and lesbians, forcing their unnatural relationships of courtship and marriage on children as well as adults.

5. Immorality can never be justified.

HOLY ORDERS

A Sacrament of Service to God by and through personal sacrifice of time, without having a family and a constant companion for social and personal benefits.

If a man accepts the responsibilities of the Priesthood, there can be no limit to satisfaction in his priestly duties, as well as fulfillment in areas of work that can not only aid lay people, but wherein his dignified respect for his profession can give great strength to people in all walks of life.

His life can be a constant reminder of Christ’s Life and Purpose: to return Souls to God.”

Perdition: The loss of one’s Soul or
of the Joys of Heaven.
Final Spiritual ruin.
Damnation.
Hell.

“What causes it?
Am I vulnerable to it?
How am I vulnerable?

Can I escape Perdition?

Yes, through a thorough understanding and obedience to God’s Ten Commandments, realizing any scandal that appears to justify immorality has far-reaching effects on the moral judgments of many people we come in contact with.”

Disgrace: Loss of honor or respect
Shame
Loss of favor or trust

“Disgrace is evident in so many areas of Holy Mother Church, causing scandal to the very core of the foundation and dignity that God wants His Church to exemplify.”