Cardinal Newman Cardinal Newman

JANUARY 22

Channels of Redemption
PRAYER.

My Savior, You have left me the Sacraments as a means of increasing Your grace in my soul. Let me always be grateful.

IT is certain from Scripture that the gift of reconciliation is not conveyed to individuals except through appointed ordinances. Sacraments are the channels of the peculiar Christian privileges, and not merely seals of the covenant.

Though Christ has purchased inestimable blessings for our race, yet it is still necessary to apply them to individuals by visible means.

-Christian Ministry



Reproduced with permission from
LEAD KINDLY LIGHT; MINUTE MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY TAKEN FROM THE WORKS OF CARDINAL NEWMAN
Edited by Rev. James C. Sharp
Copyright (c) 1993
Catholic Book Publishing Co.
New York, N.Y.
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