Sacramental Preparation at Annunciation Parish
"The purpose of the sacraments is to make people holy, to build up the Body of Christ, and, finally, to give worship to God; but being signs they also have a teaching function. They not only presuppose faith, but by words and objects they also nourish, strengthen, and express it; that is why they are called 'sacraments of faith.'"... (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, #59, from Documents on the Liturgy, 1963-1979: Conciliar, Papal, and Curial Texts, copyright 1982, ICEL)