How Do the Sacraments Relate to Human Nature?

     The Sacraments relate to human nature because they encompass the duality of humanity. We are both spiritual and physical beings. We have souls, yet we also have physical and visible bodies. For this reason, God chose the Sacraments to be his main means of grace distribution. The Sacraments resemble human nature, and fit us accordingly. The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace; they require a physical act, but also act as a non-physical sign of grace.

     This duality of nature can be seen in the sacraments such as Baptism and the Eucharist. In Baptism, we are physically washed, and we are spiritually washed of our sins. In the Eucharist, we physically consume the bread and wine and spiritually consume the blood and body of Christ. Both sacraments involve our dual nature. This is why the God chose the Sacraments as a means of grace: they satisfy both our spiritual and physical essence.

     We can see evidence of God's attempt to appeal to our duality. His son had both a divine and human nature. Christ was born of a virgin, a physical and spiritual birth. Both his divine nature and his human nature died, and both of them rose again, defying explanation. He ascended, both human and divine in nature.
     Therefore, the Sacraments relate to human nature because it satisfies both our physical and spiritual aspects.