sacraments

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More food, more money, and the symbolic pull of seven — sacraments, days of creation, virtues — turned a humble pre-Mass meal into a celebratory Italian-American blowout.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

A metaphysical reality thick with angels and sacraments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

A simple bronze altar has been created, with new chalices for the sacraments.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Amid the chirping of birds, she talked about receiving the sacraments there, and celebrating her quinceañera.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

I had seen evil, and so I carried the evil within me, and the holy sacraments of confession and the holy eucharist were far away.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya