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Dear Readers,
This issue of “Messages of Gold” speaks of Two Hidden Sacraments (Sacraments without visible rites or outward signs) which have extremely powerful and efficacious effects within souls.
Hidden Sacraments: the Divine Will and the Cross
Preface: When Jesus was on Earth accomplishing his merciful role as Redeemer, He established Seven Sacraments with exterior signs associated with them. Each of the Seven Sacraments communicates a specific type of Sanctifying Grace ordered to the specific purpose of each Sacrament and this is called the sacramental grace of that Sacrament.
In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, “the sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The visible rites, by which the sacraments, are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions.” Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1131
“A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.” Baltimore Catechism

