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By Joannie Watson, Integrated Catholic, July 21, 2023 

When film or television programs want to portray Catholics, how do they portray us? They depict things like statues, rosaries, candles, and crucifixes. These are what set us apart as Catholics to the world. And for good reason. These things are outward manifestations of a Catholic understanding of the world—our sacramental worldview.

As Catholics, our Faith is sacramental.  This does not just refer to the fact that we believe in seven sacraments.  It refers to the way we view the entire world.

We understand that material creation is good. The Book of Genesis tells us that all God created was good. But Lucifer and the other demons, and Adam, Eve, and mankind after them, used their free will to reject the good. Material creation is not evil; our abuse of that creation is. Man and woman desecrated what God had called “good,” and we continue to do so, as we abuse ourselves, each other, and the earth. …