The four dimensions of the sacraments as signs are: a sign demonstrative, a moral sign obligating, a sign commemorative and a sign prophetic. First, each sacrament “is a sign demonstrative of ...

Jesus’ miracles are signs of the sacraments: In baptism (Romans 6:4) and reconciliation (James 5:15), Jesus raises us from the dead, saying to us, as to Jairus’ daughter, “Arise!” ...

Examining the sacraments from the perspective of what Paul wrote about them, ... signifying the spiritual realities they represent through signs and actions.

By Brian Pizzalato . The whole of Christian life is meant to be permeated and marked by the liturgy and the sacraments. The hallmark of the daily Catholic adult life should be that it is a ...

The Latin word sacramentum is often translated as a sign of the sacred. In the church, sacraments are ceremonies that direct our attention toward the sacred by means of the mundane.

"Instituted by Christ, the sacraments are actions that realize, by means of sensible signs, the living experience of the mystery of salvation, making possible the participation of human beings in ...

The Sacraments are the greatest treasure which Christ has entrusted to his Church in her journey through history, for the mysteries of Christ’s life are at the heart of sacramental life and ...

The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a doctrinal note approved by Pope Francis that aims to counteract deviations in the administration of the sacraments.

Celebrations are based on need, and not on one’s capacity to “pay” for them. In order to impress on ordinary Catholics that the sacraments are for all, greater efforts must be made by the church’s ...