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context of Christian life of persons involved in such unlawful unions may help toward finding a solution for them within the Catholic Church. Not only for such persons, but also for all who approach the sacraments, one has to search for ways and means to make their sacramental life a reflection and a sign of the total context of their Christian lives and particularly their faith and communion with the Church. CONCLUSION
With the revision of the new rites of the sacraments after Vatican II, there are many aspects of their administration which are left to the prudent judgment of the local hierarchy and the celebrant. There is also the emphasis on the sacraments as being sacraments of faith. It is well to remember that these aspects of post-Vatican II pastorate call for serious consideration of the context of life in terms of theology and ecclesiology. The pastor has to apply the norms of the Council aware that it is his duty to choose not necessarily the easier solution, but the more theological and ecclesial one depending on the situation. Today, then, as the Church is called upon more and more to face the problems of the modern world, to many of which there are no predetermined solutions, it is well for her to look to the doctrine of economy of the East; so that while preserving intact her deposit of doctrine and faith, she can at the same time imitate her Master. During his life he met life situations for which there was no juridic precedent, but he solved them under the inspiration of his condescending lov~a challenge which the Church as a whole and each pastor in the area committed to him should accept and live up to amid the changing conditions of our world today.