Essay On Sacraments

When we go to Church and see sacraments like Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation we question: what is happening, why is it happening, who does it affect, and how does it affect the giver and the receiver. To have all these questions answered, we must first address the question of what is a sacrament. The sacraments are efficacious signs in our lives and are a physical representation of God’s invisible grace in our lives. Sacraments are divided into multiple relationships that once put together complete the true purpose of a sacrament which is to transmit God’s grace. These relationships are: how the sacraments relate to our faith life, how Christ is a sacrament, how the Church is a sacrament, how the sacraments affect us personally, how the sacraments affect the community as a whole, and how the sacraments affect us in our relationships with others. Jesus and the Church are the creators of the sacraments, the sacraments are messages of God passed down by the Church, and from the Church we receive the sacraments and are able to communicate and try to understand God’s divine nature through the physical form of sacraments which we can
This result of living in unity as the body of Christ comes from the effects that the individual sacraments have in our faith life. Some examples of this are the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism in which we are accepted into the body of Christ, Eucharist in which Christ shown in a physical representation through the bread and wine, and Confirmation in which we need a sponsor to strengthen the connection made at Baptism and deepen our relationship with God. One major factor that is important to include is how the sacraments affect the receiver