Catechism of the Catholic Church
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1127 Celebrated worthily in faith, the sacraments confer the grace that they signify. 48 They are efficacious because in them Christ himself is at work: it is he who baptizes, he who acts in his sacraments in order to communicate the grace that each sacrament signifies. The Father always hears the prayer of his Son's Church which, in the epiclesis of each sacrament, expresses her faith in the power of the Spirit. As fire transforms into itself everything it touches, so the Holy Spirit transforms into the divine life whatever is subjected to his power.
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PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY |
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SECTION ONE: THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY |
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CHAPTER ONE: THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH |
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ARTICLE 2: THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH'S SACRAMENTS |
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48 Cf. Council of Trent (1547): DS 1605; DS 1606.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
