Sacraments

"The Sacraments express and realize an effective and profound communion among us, for in them, we encounter Christ the Saviour and, through him, our brothers and sisters in faith. The Sacraments are not mere appearances; they are not rituals; they are the power of Christ; Jesus Christ is present in the Sacraments. When we celebrate the Eucharist, the living Jesus brings us together, forms us into a community, and allows us to adore the Father. Each one of us, in fact, through Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, is incorporated into Christ and united with the entire community of believers. Therefore, if, on the one hand, it is the Church that “makes” the Sacraments, on the other, it is the Sacraments that “make” the Church, that build her up, by generating new children, by gathering them into the holy people of God, by strengthening their membership."

Pope Francis