Religious Study and Ethincs on Seven Sacrements, Prayer and Self-development

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The Seven Sacraments

The Seven Sacraments are vitally important in our life. They signify the presence of God, which is sacrificing and love-building. Jesus is the greatest Sacrament. The Seven Sacraments show that God is always with us when we need help. Confirmation is done when we felt uncertain, and we can then be confirmed and make sure of what we believe. When we did wrongly, God is always beside and forgive us through Reconciliation. When we have to decide our future style of life, God will help us to decide through Matrimony or Holy Orders. People will naturally die and God will comfort and strengthen us through Anoiting of the Sick when we feel weak and hopeless towards life. These Seven Sacraments symbolizes that God will always help us.

Among those seven sacraments, I think Baptism is the most influencing to me. After baptized, we are all God’s children. We are all brothers and sisters. Baptism is a path that reunites God and us, which reunite a Father and children. Before we baptised, the relationship between God and us is being blocked, but baptism will remove that obstacle and those who baptised will return to their Father’s arms. After cleansing, the baptised people will have a new beginning, as their sins have been cleansed, they will be set right. They will become closer to God than before. I think this is the most important meaning of baptism, because it symbolizes that God have forgiven all the sins that the baptised have done, and an eternal relationship between God and them have been maintained. The baptized Catholics then can help and influence others to become Catholics. More and more people will reunite with God, their Father and become His children. Baptism is the entrance to God and Catholicism, we can encounter God and Jesus Christ in the future once we baptised. Therefore, I think baptism is the most important among the Seven Sacraments.

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Prayer

Prayers are communication between God and us. Everybody, no matter we are Catholics or not can also pray to God. We can share our feelings to God in prayers. Everyday, we encounter different events and different emotions are created. No matter we feel happy or sad; we can always speak to God. God is our friend, through prayers; a mutual relationship is developed between God and us. We always keep contact with our friends, and so we should always pray God to strengthen the relationship between us. We communicate with our friends by direct contact, telephone, or ...

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