Sacraments are instituted by Christ.They are efficacious signs of grace.Grace is nothing but the love of God.This is present in the world always; when it is expressed through a sign it becomes experiential. In the sacrament of
of matrimony the couple experience the love of God manifested in Christ's love for the Church,both physically and spiritually.Christ is the one who acts in the sacraments.The Church is the minister of Christ who makes the
the effects of the sacraments visible. Being a sign of salvation, sacraments also have an eschatological significance,that is,they are the prognostic expressions of the kingdom to come when human love will be permanently taken up and made experiential in the risen body of he saved.
of matrimony the couple experience the love of God manifested in Christ's love for the Church,both physically and spiritually.Christ is the one who acts in the sacraments.The Church is the minister of Christ who makes the
the effects of the sacraments visible. Being a sign of salvation, sacraments also have an eschatological significance,that is,they are the prognostic expressions of the kingdom to come when human love will be permanently taken up and made experiential in the risen body of he saved.
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