Understanding the Sacraments: A New Summary! (Part 1 of 2)
Explaining the Faith with Fr. Chris Alar
The Marian Fathers
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🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Chris Alar has spoken on the different sacraments many times on Saturday talks, homilies, missions, etc. He has explained why the Sacraments are so important (necessary for salvation) and what makes the Catholic Church different from all others. However, these talks are scattered all over the internet. Now, he has put them all together in one place, summarized better than ever before. Find the answers to questions such as Why do we baptize infants? Where is Confession in the Bible? Is your marriage valid? and many more!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, thank you everybody for joining us. I'm Father Chris here at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy. We're coming to you live on a beautiful day here in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in the Brookshire Mountains. And we're honored to have you with us for a special day. I'm going to be here. And people say, like, well, Father, we've heard you do bits and |
| 0:22.4 | pieces on the sacraments. We've heard you talk about these different places. But you know what? |
| 0:27.2 | That's exactly why I'm here today. Because not only have I found something new that I'm going to |
| 0:34.0 | share with you today, I was majorly wrong on something, and I am not afraid to admit it. |
| 0:43.4 | And I will say this, though, 98% of priests are wrong on this. |
| 0:50.9 | So I will throw my hat into the ring with that. |
| 0:54.1 | So I want to think father |
| 0:55.7 | Matthew for pointing this out and all of our priests here were shocked on what that |
| 1:01.8 | is we're going to share that with you at the end of this talk but what I've done is |
| 1:06.3 | I've had a lot of talks on pieces bits and pieces homilies. I looked back on my talk on baptism, |
| 1:14.1 | and then I did like all three together, like anointing and confirmation. I did together, |
| 1:20.5 | but they're scattered and they were bits and pieces. And then I'd speak a fragment in a homily. |
| 1:26.0 | And then I'd maybe do one talk on a mission. |
| 1:28.8 | And so I decided, that's it. |
| 1:31.8 | That's it. |
| 1:32.7 | This is too scattered. |
| 1:34.9 | And so I put together this brand new book, if Brother Mark can show the next slide, this |
| 1:41.1 | is an opportunity for us to share with you my new book, Understanding the Sacraments. |
| 1:49.3 | And for those of you, we have a full house here today. |
| 1:51.8 | It's available in our gift shop right here on the grounds. |
| 1:55.2 | If you cannot make it to the Shrine of Divine Mercy, look there on your screen. |
| 2:05.5 | You can get that by ordering at shopmercy.org. |
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