Signs and symbols of nature in the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Signs and symbols of nature in the Sacrament of Reconciliation

The sacraments are perceptible signs (words and actions) “of the hidden reality of salvation” (CCC 774) that use elements of material nature to make visible the invisible, realizing “effectively the grace they signify” (CCC 1084). In them, “nature is taken up by God to become a means of mediating supernatural life” (LS 235). … (Continua a leggere)