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“Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit…” Many of the sacraments that are celebrated today involve the use of oil. Baptism and confirmation are the two principle sacraments involving oils. In the Church liturgies, the actual significance of oil is often not known (or at least not fully) to the members of the parish faith com ....
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.... to me, and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
During the time of Jesus, oil was used primarily used to show royalty; at this point in time, kings were the only ‘anointed ones’. “The completion of the sacrament consists, first, of the anointing with chrism, which signifies the royal priesthood of the baptized and enrollment into the company of the people of God…” . Clearly, Chrism has a very powerful mea ....
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