[whispering out loud]

You do realize that Christ himself chastised the Pharisees, and Sadducee's for being more concerned with traditions, and Sacraments than they were in people, and ministry.

[InterestedQuestioner]

"You do realize that Christ himself chastised the Pharisees, and Sadducee's for being more concerned with traditions, and Sacraments than they were in people, and ministry.";

Well, we recognize that Christ chastised the Pharisees for a lack of charity, and the Sadducees for a lack of theological understanding. As far as the Sacraments go, He never chastised anyone for being concerned about those. Rather, Christ established the Sacraments, and their importance could not have been underscored more in the Scriptures. Recall that the last thing he did with his disciples before going to the Garden of Gethsemane was to institute the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, which is a foretaste of Heavenly union with Christ. As you know from Scripture, the Holy Eucharist is an encounter with Christ Himself.

Charity is paramount, and ministry is very important, but the importance of the Sacraments would be difficult to overstate, WOL.