God wants us to share His divine life with us. Because as humans we are body and soul, when God became flesh and dwelt among us, Jesus instituted physical signs that we can experience in and through our bodies by which we can receive His grace and His divine life in our souls. Each of the seven sacraments has a physical and spiritual aspect, engaging our senses and giving life to our souls and redeem our bodies. Through the seven sacraments we enter into the family of God and participate in His divine life.
Dios quiere que compartamos su vida divina con nosotros. Debido a que como humanos somos cuerpo y alma, cuando Dios se hizo carne y habitó entre nosotros, Jesús instituyó señales físicas que podemos experimentar en y a través de nuestros cuerpos por los cuales podemos recibir su gracia y su vida divina en nuestras almas. Cada uno de los siete sacramentos tiene un aspecto físico y espiritual, involucrando nuestros sentidos y dando vida a nuestras almas y redimiendo nuestros cuerpos. A través de los siete sacramentos entramos en la familia de Dios y participamos en su vida divina.
The sacraments of Christian initiation - Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist - lay the foundations of every Christian life. "The sharing in the divine nature given to men through the grace of Christ bears a certain likeness to the origin, development, and nourishing of natural life. The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. By means of these sacraments of Christian initiation, they thus receive in increasing measure the treasures of the divine life and advance toward the perfection of charity." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1212).
The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health, has willed that His Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, His work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing (CCC, 1421).
"Holy Orders and Matrimony, are directed towards the salvation of others; if they contribute as well to personal salvation, it is through service to others that they do so. They confer a particular mission in the Church and serve to build up the People of God" (CCC, 1534).