![]() Learning the history of how a particular sacrament developed is a useful way to reignite our respect for its practice. Living a sacramental life is the great gift and calling of every Catholic, and we sometimes forget just how powerful and healing that is. My appreciation for how the Church upholds and protects the seven sacraments has been vividly reawakened as I watch my brother prepare for the priesthood. Through the sacraments, heaven comes, not just to visit, but to live with us and in us. They have the power to bring heaven to earth, rip the veil between all things seen and unseen, and allow humanity and eternity to commingle in mysterious, yet palpable ways. ![]() ![]() They are not little rituals we play out like the make-believe games of childhood. ![]() It is critically important that we remember the sacraments are not traditions. ![]()
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