Sacraments...sacraments

There are Sacraments with a big S. 

There are also sacraments with a small s. 
We receive the Sacraments once or many times over a lifetime...
But we give sacraments every moment of our lives.

1. We give a sacrament of baptism every time we behold another as a child of 
God.
2. We offer a sacrament of reconciliation every time we say to someone “I’m 
sorry” or “I forgive you.”
3. Every time a wife says to her husband or a husband to his wife, “I love you” – 
or better, when a husband gets a cold cloth and puts it on his wife’s forehead 
when she has a headache, or when a wife gives her husband a hug for no 
other reason than than she knows he needs it – it is a sacrament of 
marriage.
4. A sacrament of eucharist happens every time family or friends gather round 
a table to share in the good of God.
5. Every time someone decides to live a better life is a sacrament of 
confirmation.
6. Everyone who makes a radical commitment to be here not for himself but for 
God expresses a sacrament of holy orders.
7. Every time we visit a sick person in a hospital or nursing home and just kiss 
them is an anointing of the sick.

...from page 5 of the book Why Stay Catholic? Unexpected Answers to a Life-Changing Question by Michael Leach...thru PFO