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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.