the fact that the sacraments most powerfully express the bond between the mystical body and the visible church. The church has many different kinds of members, including even hypocrites who belong to the church but have no connection whatsoever with the mystical body. Pastors too have shortcomings, which can lead you astray, and may in their preaching all too often veil and repress the objective truth of the Word with the subjectivity of human talent. But when it comes to the sacraments, the only
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