Encountering Christ in the sacraments.
Walking among us during his ministry, Jesus revealed God’s love through shared meals, healing touch, forgiving words and other rich signs. Christ continues to come to us today through shared meals, healing touch, and forgiving words, gesture and prayer—through each of the seven sacraments. Sacraments are at the heart of being Catholic.
Three sacraments initiate us into a life-giving relationship with Christ and bring us into the family of faith:
Two sacraments are God’s gift when we need healing:
Two sacraments seal lifelong commitment:
At St. Louis, we pray the sacraments in all their power and beauty, finding that these gifts from Christ to the church truly lead us to an experience of amazing grace! As the church teaches, “They are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church, by which divine life is dispensed to us.” Catechism of the Catholic Church #1131