Truth, Sanctity and Grace - 2 Pillars #24:

Novena for the hly Spirit in prepartion for Pentecost Day 3 Gifts of Truth and Sanctity and Mary and the channels of grace
Meditations read in front of the exposed Blessed Sacrament for our Daily Holy Hour at our Bloomington, Indiana friary.
Ave Maria!
A Month with Mary by Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo
Day #12: The Channels of Grace
MARY: In his mercy God did not want to make the flow of his grace to you difficult and he gave you a channel through which you can enrich yourself with it in the holy sacraments.
A sacrament is a sensible sign, instituted by Jesus Christ, through which grace is conferred. These sensible signs are like titles that give you a true right to the grace of God since he instituted them for this specific purpose. What treasure there is in the holy sacraments! How shortened the way of perfection remains because of them and how easily one attains to God!
Among the works of piety, always give the first place to the sacraments because the other workscanyield the frui