"Are Sacraments Narrow?" Mark Shea

1. What is Ludwig's problem?
Ludwig does not understand why Catholics narrow the idea of grace down and confine it to the sacraments. In his view grace is much more simple and is not constricted to the sacraments.
2. Explain what the Church is not thinking about when it comes to "sacramentality":
The Church is not thinking when it comes to "sacramentality" that the sacraments prohibit or restrict any of God's love. Neither is it thinking that anyone who has not received the sacraments cannot be saved.
3. Explain what the Church is thinking about when it comes to "sacramentality":
The Church is thinking when it comes to "sacramentality" that other doctrines that state that God has not saved every one are untrue. It tries to support the idea that God redeems or saves every one and the sacraments are  prayers, gestures, and materials that bring us closer to that redemption and therefore closer to God the Father.
4. "How does God reveal and give to each individual human being his universally offered grace?"
God sent the ultimate symbol of himself, he sent his son Jesus who is considered a sacrament of the Father. Jesus represents and presents God and Jesus provides us with the sacraments which are the continuation of his life and teachings.
5. Which Christian doctrine is the foundation for the sacraments?
The life of Jesus Christ is the foundation for the sacraments because not only did he establish the sacraments but he also was a sacrament that paved the way toward salvation. His work is continued n the sacraments.
6. Explain what the gobs of modern "spirituality" tells us:
This modern spirituality tells us that God wouldn't spend his efforts by becoming human or revealing himself n the human way that Christians believe. The modern view sees it as below God to become a savage human.
7. Explain the Chritian repudiation of  "such spiritual snobbery":
The Chruch rejects the notion that God is condescending and so superior to humans. Instead, he likes the idea of joining us in human history through his son. That way he can try and accomplish his covenant in a way that humans can relate to and understand more fully than previous attempts.
8. "But that was so he could put this gross body of flesh to death on the cross and revert it back to pure spirituality, wasn't it?"
The is not what Jesus came for. He came as a human to emphasize that we too can resurrect and make it to heaven. Also, since he resurrected body and soul, we too can resurrect in our human state not just our souls. This is sort of comforting to know that we stay whole.
9. Explain: "That is why the Sacramental worldview see more than just a symbol in a sacrament."
This worldview sees that sacraments not only represent and present something but also sacraments are the incarnation of something. And they do something for us, mainly bringing us closer to Christ or heal or give power or reconciliation from our sins.
10. Explain what G.K. Chesterton said:
Chesterton said that real presence in the Eucharist and the universal grace of God are different.  Sacraments are God touching us through the son he sent, not just the idea that God universally decided to save everyone just because. He saved everyone when he sent his son and when his son established the sacraments.
11. What does grace do?
Grace, through the sacraments, touches us in the same way that Jesus touched and healed people 2000 years ago. In the sacraments we are able to participate in grace and since the sacraments are material and tangible they touch us with God's hand for salvation.