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Till Death Us Do Part: On The Sacrament of Marriage

13 Nov 2019

As my friends, family, and colleagues are probably sick of hearing, I’m in the middle of planning a wedding. My fiancé and I got engaged over the summer and so the past few months have consisted of fielding questions from interested parties, working out a budget, going to wedding fairs, and...

The Healing Powers of Anointing of the Sick: A Roman Catholic Perspective

13 Nov 2019

Anointing of the Sick is probably the least heard-of and most-misunderstood sacrament of the seven practiced by the Roman Catholic Church. Sacraments are powerful ‘outward’ symbols of God’s inner working and grace. Anointing of the Sick is no different in that, though it is a physical, visible...

All May, None Must, Some Should: a Methodist View of Confession

7 Nov 2019

The Sacrament of Reconciliation, otherwise known as confession, is rarely associated with churches outside of Roman and Anglo- Catholicism and certainly not with my cosy corner of non-conformism! It is true to say that Methodism only recognises two sacraments officially, baptism and the Lord’s...