Necessity of the Sacraments

We need the sacraments because they sanctify, build up the Church, and help us to worship God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives a good definition of the sacraments,

“The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us” (CCC 1131). What this means is that they are ways given to the Church by Christ for us to receive His grace. These sacraments are ways for us to receive God’s grace. They also allow us to grow and express our faith. The reason that they are needed is because we need God in our lives, and these sacraments are ways that we can visually see God working in our lives and dispensing grace, and the very act of celebrating them disposes the faithful most effectively to receive this grace in a much more beneficial way, to worship God rightly, and to practice charity. The reason we need God’s grace, is because without it we cannot be truly in communion with Him. For instance, without baptism, we are not truly incorporated into the body of Christ so therefore we would never be able to be saved. In conclusion, without the sacraments we would not be able to actively be incorporated into the body of Christ without the sacraments, and without that we would not be able to be saved.

Image of Eucharist found here