The Sacraments are part of everyday Christian life, and in this book Fr Francis Selman looks beyond the signs and symbols to reveal the underlying theology of the sacraments as an encounter with Christ. He shows how the sacraments are the means by which a Christian is incorporated into the life of the Church and ultimately into the life of the Trinity itself. Fully up-to-date with recent insights, it is nonetheless rooted in the thought of St Thomas Aquinas and the Fathers of the Church.