Baptism is called ‘the gateway to the other sacraments’. We begin our life of faith when we are baptized; it’s a commitment to begin a faith journey and a life lived in faith. The other sacraments [Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick] are signs and expressions of God’s love for us but important points along the way.
For us as Catholics, we accept Jesus’ presence in our life by word and action. At home we say “I love you” but we also do things for each other to show those whom we love, that we love them. Catholics look at Scripture as that written expression, the Word which is an expression of God’s love, but the sacraments for us are the physical action of God’s love. It’s important that we give and receive love. We give it by receiving it and then giving it in the physical and verbal ways we do to others
