degree.”[35] I think we could extend this to understand the enduring and unique significance of the sacraments and the church’s worship life as sites of a special presence of the Spirit that is both revelatory and formative in a unique way. While the whole world is a sacrament, we might say that the sacraments and the liturgy are unique “hot spots” where God’s formative, illuminating presence is particularly “intense.”[36] While the Spirit inhabits all of creation, there is also a sense that the Spirit’s presence is intensified in particular places, things, and actions.
