who had been dead for four days, “Lazarus, come out” (Jn 11:43–44), his words made Lazarus get up and walk out of the tomb. Jesus did not keep the power to speak God’s words to himself. St. Paul tells us that Jesus never thought of his equality with God as something to be kept to himself (Phil 2:6). On the contrary, he gave the Catholic Church the power to use his words in seven ways. Those seven ways are the seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing
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