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| Liturgical Seasons | Social Justice | The Mass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| An indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sin whose guilt has already been forgiven. A properly disposed member of the Christian faithful can obtain an indulgence under prescribed conditions through the help of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints. An indulgence is partial if it removes part of the temporal punishment due to sin, or plenary if it removes all punishment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Holy Trinity is the mystery of one God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The revealed truth of the Holy Trinity is at the very root of the Church's living faith as expressed in the Creed. The mystery of the Trinity in itself is inaccessible to the human mind and is the object of Faith only because it was revealed by Jesus Christ, the divine Son of the eternal Father. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Holy Trinity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity. Even now we are called to be a dwelling place for the Most Holy Trinity: "If a man loves me," says the Lord, "he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him." (Jn 14:23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Indwelling of the Holy Trinity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Through an utterly free decision, God has revealed himself and given himself to man. This He does by revealing the mystery, His plan of loving goodness, formed from all eternity in Christ, for the benefit of all men. God has fully revealed His plan by sending us His beloved son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Greatness of God | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This gift of God begins with the "life" of faith and the "new life" in Baptism, is communicated in sanctifying grace, and reaches perfection in the communion of life and love with the Trinity in Heaven. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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