A MAP OF LIFE closely God has followed the lines of human life. First, observe that the very nature of the sacrament is a representation of the nature of man : man is the union of a body and soul, that is, of matter and spirit : God chooses to act upon him by means which are likewise a union of matter and spirit. Second, observe that the sacraments bear the same relation to life as a glove to the hand — they are made to fit it. The natural life of man has certain fixed points: he is born, grows to manhood, marries or becomes a priest, dies. Roughly corresponding tp these five points are five sacraments : Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony or Holy Orders, Extreme Unction. Beyond these five points there are two things to be considered : man sins, and for that there is the sacrament of Penance : and running through all is daily life — and for that there is the appropriate food, the Blessed Eucharist. Thus provision is made for man’s sanctification not only in his individual life, but also in his relation to the community— on its social side by Matrimony, on its religious side by Holy Orders. Third, observe that the sacraments are built upon the natural life in still another way: they make use of four everyday things — bread, water, wine, oil — and two everyday situations — the exercise of authority and marriage. Now to these four common things and two common situations, the natural life might be reduced in its simplest elements. Throughout, then, the sacramental system is a ii8