Understanding The Sacraments With Fr. Chris Alar

The Catholic Talk Show

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan & Ryan are joined by Fr. Chris Alar to discuss The 7 Sacraments of The Catholic Church and how to better understand them and receive their graces. 00:00 Introduction to the Sacraments 02:15 The Importance of Sacraments 05:30 Understanding the Sacraments 10:45 Sacraments of Initiation 18:00 Sacraments of Healing 24:30 Sacraments of Service 30:00 The Role of Grace in Sacraments 35:45 Common Misunderstandings 42:00 Fr. Alar's New Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Catholic Talk Show.
0:03.8	Today we're going to be looking at the sacraments of the Catholic Church.
0:07.9	That's right. We're lucky enough to be joined by Father Chris Ehlar, and we're going to be talking about why the sacraments separate the Catholic Church and distinguish it from every other Christian denomination in the world. All right. Welcome back, everybody.
0:39.7	We have Father Chris Alar with us.
0:41.9	We're going to be talking about the importance of the sacraments of the Catholic Church,
0:45.9	what differentiates them from all other religions.
0:49.0	Really excited about this episode.
0:50.5	It's a very important topic if you're a follower of Christ.
0:56.2	You know, Father Alar is a guest that we wanted to have on for a long time he does wonderful work
0:59.7	you know particularly from where I found him on his YouTube channel he's over at
1:04.4	the the National Shrine of the Immaculate I'm sorry the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge
1:09.9	Massachusetts which we've talked about on the show before is one of those churches, the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, which we've talked
1:11.2	about on the show before is one of those churches in the United States that if you can get the
1:14.8	chance to go there, it's one of the great pilgrimages of the United States. So Father Chris,
1:19.7	welcome, really happy to have you on. And I think talking about the sacraments, talking about
1:25.0	this book you have coming out, is something that our audience really, really will benefit from. No, thank you. I appreciate to be here. I know when people hear
1:33.8	that term, it almost becomes, oh, well, I know what I need to know about the sacraments. We become
1:40.0	desensitized to it. I had no plans to write this book. Never. I got about 20 other books in my mind.
1:49.3	I've already written a book on suicide and the effects. I've written on divine mercy,
1:54.6	but I never thought I'd be writing on the sacraments until I've been traveling around the country,
2:00.4	now around the world,
2:01.3	and I am amazed at our lack of knowledge of what the sacraments are and what makes the Catholic
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