Sean Brenon’s Reviews > The Meaning of Sacramental Symbols: Answers to Today's Questions > Status Update

The chapter on marriage and the chapter on anointing the sick were really insightful. But I’d be lying if I said that this book felt like it had a purpose. Whose questions is Richter answering? He would have done better to just lay out a guide to the Catholic ideas of sacraments and sacramental symbology.

I can’t help but feel like Richter makes too much of semantics, but I also think he’s doing the right thing by straddling between the liberals and conservatives in seeking liturgical reform without sacrificing the meaning of the sacraments themselves. Unfortunately, I think it works against him to be Catholic and, despite his attempt to marry the subjective experience to the objective I don’t think he succeeds

I’m concerned this book will not answer my particular questions.