Festivals Question 2        Christopher Ball  The purpose of sacraments in bringing people back to God is that they can make believers more like Jesus. Through practicing he sacraments it makes Christians holy like they were at birth, through sin and being led astray we are not as close to God as we should be. Through the sacraments we receive Christ which makes us more like him. During advent Catholics are encouraged to attend confession because we are preparing for the Parousia. We should be reconciled before Christmas, because we are celebrating the Incarnation, Redemption and Parousia, as well as requiring being more like Jesus, especially because it is the celebration of his incarnation. Catholics are expected to attend Mass at
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Christmas and on the Epiphany because it is the celebration of these events. The masses celebrate the incarnation of Jesus, and Jesus being shown in the flesh to the Magi. At the Epiphany the Magi came to redeem and declare Jesus had been born to be saviour to all. The C.C.C quotes “the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call”. This quote is explaining that when the Lord is reborn, the Parousia there will be no warning-we must always be ready. Catholics are ready for this event by performing in their daily ...

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