⁣Sunday Sermon Series (SSS) S1E5.

⁣Here on the next lesson presented by the Ecu-Men, we cover the topic, the Communion of Saints & the Forgiveness of Sins. We don’t practice our faith alone. And together, we come to Christ to be cleansed of our sins; so let’s look at how it all fits together. Thanks for listening!

170. What is meant by "the communion of saints" in the Apostles' Creed?
By "the communion of saints", it is meant that the union of the faithful on earth, the blessed in heaven, and the souls in purgatory, with Christ as their Head.

171. Through the communion of saints, what can the blessed in heaven do for the souls in purgatory and the faithful on earth?
Through the communion of saints, the blessed in heaven can help the souls in purgatory and the faithful on earth by praying for them.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins. (II Maccabees 12:46)

172. Should the faithful on earth, through the communion of saints, honor the blessed in heaven and pray to them?
The faithful on earth, through the communion of saints, should honor the blessed in heaven and pray to them, because they are worthy of honor and as friends of God will help the faithful on earth.
Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation. (Ecclesiasticus 44:1)

173. Can the faithful on earth, through the communion of saints, relieve the sufferings of the souls in purgatory?
The faithful on earth, through the communion of saints, can relieve the sufferings of the souls in purgatory by prayer, fasting, and other good works, by indulgences, and by having Masses offered for them.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins. (II Maccabees 12:46)

174. Can the faithful on earth help one another?
The faithful on earth, as members of the Mystical Body of Christ, can help one another by practicing supernatural charity and the spiritual and corporal works of mercy.
Pray for one another that you may be saved. For the unceasing prayer of a just man is of great avail. (James 5:16)

175. What is meant in the Apostles' Creed by "the forgiveness of sins"?
By "the forgiveness of sins" in the Apostles' Creed, it is meant that God has given to the Church, through Jesus Christ, the power to forgive sins, no matter how great or how many they are, if sinners truly repent.
Receive the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. (John 20:22-23)
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Baltimore Catechism, Lesson 13:
https://www.catholicity.com/ba....ltimore-catechism/le

The Books of the Bible:
https://bit.ly/3acIBwV

Saints on Earth (CCC 954)
https://bit.ly/2xiBAMo

St Mercurius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mercurius

St Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary:
https://bit.ly/2y1fsXt

St Alphonsus, Glories of Mary:
https://bit.ly/3afsdMc

Public Confession Verses:
NT: Matt. 3:6; Mark 1:5, Acts 19:18, 1 Tim. 6:12, 1 John 1:9, James 5:14-16
OT: Numbers. 5:7, 2 Samuel 12:14, Nehemiah 9:2-3, Sirach 4:26, Baruch 1:14

Confession of Rudolph Hoss:
https://bit.ly/3dkGQ2C

⁣This is the devotional chant "Rorate Caeli," different and separate from the Introit chant of the same title, but obviously related. According to a Wikipedia article, "In the seventeenth century, [the] Rorate Caeli was arranged into a hymn combining the traditional text with other scriptural passages used in the liturgy for Advent. The earliest known version is in the Oratorian Officia Propria (1673); it also appears in French diocesan rites, such as the Rouen Processional of 1729 and 1763. ...Under the heading, "Prayer of the Churches of France during Advent", Dom Guéranger [,the great restorer of the Abbey of Solesmes, in his multi-volume work "The Liturgical Year"] gives it as an antiphon to each of a series of prayers ("Ne irascaris ", "Peccavimus", "Vide Domine", "Consolamini") expressive of penitence, expectation, comfort, and furnishes the Latin text and an English rendering of the Prayer." When the text speaks of Sion and Jerusalem being desolate and destroyed, we can this as representative of our own souls, ruined by sin, but restored by penance and God's grace. The harmony in this is by my good friends @HarpaDeiMusic.

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