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== Sacraments are Gifts == | == Sacraments are Gifts == | ||
The glossary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church characterizes [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/900/ Sacrament] as a gift "dispensed" by God: | The glossary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church characterizes [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/900/ Sacrament] as a gift "dispensed" by God: | ||
An efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church, by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit | An efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church, by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit. | ||
If we look next to [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/882/ Grace], we see it more plainly: | If we look next to [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/882/ Grace], we see it more plainly: | ||
The free and undeserved gift that God gives us to repond to our vocation to become his adopted children. | The free and undeserved gift that God gives us to repond to our vocation to become his adopted children. | ||