The most solemn, majestic, and beautiful gifts that Jesus Christ
gave to the world are His sacraments. He endowed them with
unprecedented and unparalleled power--power to change lives, save
souls, and share God's very life. The sacraments are the ordinary
means by which God directs the course of each human life and all of
world history.
The Church celebrates seven sacraments: baptism, Eucharist,
confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, confession, and anointing of
the sick. Each was established by Jesus for the sake of salvation.
When Jesus spoke of the sacraments, He made clear that they were
essential: Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot
enter the kingdom of God (Jn 3:5) . . . unless you eat of the flesh
of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you (Jn
6: 53).
In "Swear to God," Dr. Scott Hahn explores the richness of Christ's
sacraments--their doctrine, history, symbols, and rituals. Drawing
upon the Bible and the Church's tradition, he shows how God's
covenants--with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David--became the
driving forces in history. When Jesus came to fulfill all these
covenants, He established a new covenant, with greater power than
ever before. Christians are God's children now. Joined to Christ by
baptism, we can already share in the eternal life of the Trinity, a
life we hope to know fully in heaven. But heaven is with us, even
now, in the sacraments.
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