Sacrament: efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church by which Divine life is dispensed to us.

Efficacious: the process or ability to cause an effect. To make change.

Sign: a visible mark or symbol.

Grace: The gift of God’s life in us. Or participation in the Divine life.

Instituted: To establish something.

Entrusted: Giving something to someone or to put in one’s care.

Dispensed: Something being shared.

Justification: is the process of being made righteous before God.

Original Sin: the sin of Adam and Eve and transmitted (passed down) to all humans.

Concupiscence: inclination to sin or desire to sin.