Sacraments Part 2

These rites, baptism and Eucharist, are not just "religious things" that
Christian people do. They are essential rituals of our politics. Through
them we learn who we are. Instead of being motives or causes for
effective social work on the part of Christian people, these liturgies are
our effective social work. For if the Church is rather than has a
social ethic, these actions are our most important social witness. It is
in baptism and the Eucharist that we see most clearly the marks of God's
Kingdom in the world. They are our standard, as we try to bring every aspect
of our lives under their sway. - Stanely Haurwas