Established by Christ - to strengthen...

"...and lo, I am with you always, 

to the close of the age."  Matt 28:20b

"We are not alone in our faith.  We are members of the 

Church, the Mystical Body, the kingdom of God here on earth. 

We are members of the Church through baptism - the 

sacrament of the life of faith - and it is in and through the Church 

that Christ has given us the means to strengthen our 

faith:  His sacraments.  They were the means established 

by Christ precisely to strengthen the faith of His followers. 

 

If we are serious about preserving our faith, we must surely 

make use of them - especially the sacrament of penance, 

our means of peace and of reconciliation with God, 

and the Mass and the sacrament of the Eucharist."

Servant of God Walter J Ciszek, SJ (+1984)