FAQ's - Frequently Asked Questions

34. Do I need sacramentals or remedies?

a) Here is a subject that is hard for many people to understand. In the Old Testament, Moses told the people to put the blood of a lamb upon their door posts. By doing that, the angel of death would pass them by. Those who obeyed were spared. Many others perished for their lack of faith.

Christ is the Lamb of God and it is His image Heaven has said to put upon your doors as an act of faith.

Just as Moses instructed the people to make images of snakes and put them on a pole so that those who would look upon it, as an act of faith, would be healed of their "snake bites."

God uses many natural things to represent supernatural things. And as God is God, and we are not, everyone is compelled to accept that we do not always understand the Divine Wisdom of God - because of sin in our lives and in the world. Many things are kept hidden from mankind, only that He may reveal, or give, these things at another time, as is pleasing to God's Will.

b) From the earliest of time, the Church has used sacramentals as a sign of faith. Sometimes these images were used as sign used in secret so that they could communicate without persecution.

In time, the Church recognized that it was pleasing to God for certain symbols to be propagated among the people. This became known through the many, many miracles that occurred as a result of faith of the people with the use of a particular sacramental.

Christ is the Divine Physician. As such, He is a good and kind Physician Who knows how to give crutches for souls to lean upon as they grow stronger in faith and virtue. There are also the times when God wants mankind to use certain images that will encourage people to have stronger faith and to understand the Faith more clearly.

The Crucifix, the Saint Benedict Medal combined with the Crucifix, and the brown scapular are some of the most important of the sacramentals.

c) Because of the importance of these times, Heaven has given still another symbol, sacramental, of our faith to aid us in understanding God's great Love for us.

I am referring to the Medallion of Our Lady, Co-Redemptrix. This is another example of how Heaven responds to defending us during this time of increased evil in the world.

No one should ever forget their rosary, one of the greatest consolations that we have. While so many of us delay or even refuse to confess their sins, we should do penance, and with the help of God's grace, never commit them again. The reason I place this statement now in the middle of talking about sacramentals is: we are so concerned with feeding our bodies, to bathe regularly, and try to provide not only for what we need corporally at this time, but, to prepare for a future. Although so many (if not most people) give no concern for their spiritual needs. so few labor to keep the souls, hearts, and minds clean, free from sins.

d) The ignorance displayed by some people when it comes to sacramentals is astounding to say the least. Compounding prejudices, egos, and just plain hardheadedness inherited from those before them prevents a great multitude from participating in a great wealth of graces.

The many times history has proven the validity behind sacraments are still being denied with spite and even hatred.

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