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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, November 14th, 2018. This week on the Catholic Sprouts

podcast, we have been talking about the Catholic Church. We spoke about how it is the biggest

denomination of Christians in the world, but how it is also a church made of humans and how we need to be praying

constantly for our church. Yesterday we spoke about the idea that the Catholic Church is universal.

And no matter where you go in the world, the church will be celebrating the mass in the same

beautiful, important, meaningful way. Today we are going to talk

about what holds us together as a church. Simply put, what holds us together are the sacraments.

Now, have you heard of the sacraments before? I would bet that no matter how

old you are, you have already received at least one sacrament. The sacraments include baptism,

which we do when babies are first born. We believe it washes away original sin and

welcomes members into the church. So I bet you've received that sacrament. Other sacraments include

the sacrament of reconciliation, where we confess our sins and are forgiven. The sacrament of Eucharist,

which you probably will receive when you're a young elementary student, and it is when we are

allowed to consume the true presence of Christ in his body and blood. Other sacraments include confirmation, where you are initiated as an

adult into the faith. And then also holy matrimony or marriage, where two people are married,

holy orders, where a person takes vows to become either a priest, a brother, a nun, any of those.

And then finally, we do anointing of the sick when someone is ill or approaching death.

So those are the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.

And here's the thing.

No matter where you are in the world, no matter what language you speak or what you look

like, those sacraments remain the same.

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