J. Augustine Di Noia, OP

The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church

Theology

“When I hear people describe themselves as spiritual rather than religious—especially if they are Christians of a sort—I wonder how they can turn their backs on the massive display of divine love that is at the heart of the sacramental economy. Christ’s love for us has led him to share the infinite bounty of his passion, death, and resurrection in the seven sacraments of the Church, pouring from his side the blood ‘of which a single drop has power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin’ (Adoro te devote). In its magisterial presentation of the theology of the sacraments and of their divinely assured efficacy in every circumstance of the Christian life, this wonderful book makes clear on every page that we must rely not on our own resources but on the power of God’s grace in giving us communion with the Blessed Trinity, forgiving our sins, and providing us with the bread of angels. This is an essential guide for Catholic students at every level of catechetical and theological formation.”