Healing the wound: the sacraments and human sexuality.(Cover Story) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: October 3, 2003| Author: Kennedy, Eugene Cullen | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Sacrament: In general, any visible sign of God's invisible presence. Specifically, a sign through which the church manifests and celebrates its faith and communicates the saving grace of God. In Catholic doctrine there are seven sacraments: baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance, marriage, holy orders and the anointing of the sick.

Sacramentality, Principle of: The fundamentally Catholic notion that all reality is potentially and in fact the bearer of God's presence a...