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General Catechetical Directory

DCG · Directory · Congregation for the Clergy · 1971 · EN · 134 paragraphs · vatican.va ↗

Catechesis will have the duty of presenting the seven sacraments according to their full meaning. First, they must be presented as sacraments of faith. of themselves they certainly express the efficacious will of Christ the Savior; but men, on their part, must show a sincere will to respond to God’s love and mercy. Hence, catechesis must concern itself with the acquisition of the proper dispositions, with the stimulation of sincerity and generosity for a worthy reception of the sacraments. Second, the sacraments must be presented, each according to its own nature and end, not only as remedies for sin and its consequences, but especially as sources of grace in individuals and in communities, 50 that the entire dispensation of grace in the life of the faithful may be related in some way to the sacramental economy.