Sacramental

Someone might ask, "Why would a holy man desire baptism?" Listen to the answer: Christ is baptized, not to be made holy by the water, but to make the water holy, and by His cleansing to purify the waters which He touched.---St. Maximus of Turin, bishop

 

Everything with God is sacramental. From the burning bush where, though hidden, He appears and reveals His name to Moses, to the Eucharist where, though hidden, He is truly and really present. From Jesus turning the water into wine, to Jesus changing the bread into His Body, and the wine into His Blood, God uses the very simple things to show us Who He is. God takes the very normal and precious things of life to bring to us the very mysterious and precious things of Heaven. This is how He has always been and will always be. He never changes. His Church is where the Holy Spirit works through these Sacraments. We cannot do this alone. Paul makes it very clear that we must never abandon our meeting together. Those who do such things run the perilous risk of falling away, whether they know they have done so or not.

 

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