The Sacramental “Act”

“Act” is a good word. Baptism and Communion are like mini-dramas. And we are not just in the audience; we are part of the cast. We do not look on from afar, merely learning information. We participate in the drama. We live in character. And as we live in character, we become the characters we should be—the characters we already are by grace. We learn our lines and then we learn to improvise. So, as we go from the…