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Death, Where Is Your Sting?: A Catholic Approach to Death is unavailable, but you can change that!

Death is not solely a philosophical concept, but a reality that grips us at the core of our being. We all die, and throughout life we see many die before we do. How we respond to death and what we expect happens after death is a fundamental concept of faith and religion. This volume in the Faith Basics series digs into the Catholic approach to death and the afterlife and what it means for us that...

to be sold, there is a special ceremony that marks its transfer from sacred to secular use. The chalice, paten, ciborium, and other liturgical items are treated with care and reserved only for use in the liturgy. Linens used at Mass are handled carefully and washed separately. The human body in life held the soul—the breath of God—within it. In Baptism the Holy Spirit took up residence in that physical being. Every time that person received Holy Communion, Christ entered him or her in a tangible
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