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82. What profit do we derive from the mutual communion with the faithful on earth?

We participate in all the Masses, prayers, and good works of the Catholic Church, and, in general, in all her spiritual goods.

83. Do sinners, as long as they are not cut off from the Church, also share in this communion?

Sinners as dead members forfeit, indeed, most of the spiritual goods; nevertheless, in virtue of their union with the Church, they still receive various blessings and graces, which help to their conversion.

Application. Every day pray for your fellow-Christians who are either combating on earth or suffering in Purgatory, and recommend yourself every morning and night to the protection of the Saints in Heaven. Above all, strive to lead a holy life; for ' we are fellow-citizens with the Saints, and the domestics of God' (Eph. ii. 19).

I. What does the Tenth Article of the Creed teach us?

That in the Catholic Church we can receive, through the merits of Jesus Christ, forgiveness of sins and of the punishment due to them.