Our Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that acting from a plan from the Father’s heart, God sent His Son Jesus to us so that through Jesus we would know God and be one with Him.
Jesus, in turn, gives us His Church, the Body of Christ, so that through the Church we may be one with Jesus and one with His Father.
The Church gifts us with the seven Sacraments. Each sacrament, through the actions and prayer of the Church, enables us to encounter Jesus and, ultimately, our Father in heaven.