Q284
What is a mystery or sacrament?
In the Scriptures, the Mystery of God is Jesus Christ himself, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27; 2:2; 4:3). In the life of the Church, a mystery is therefore a visible, holy act through which a person is united to the great Mystery of “the true God, and eternal life” (1Jo 5:20; see Q093, Q147), rites ordained by the divine authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, in which visible signs convey invisible grace.
