The Sacrament of Grace Is Attributed to the Sign

There is some felt need, or mystical superstition that something spiritual and unseen is happening whn the sacrament is given or performed. Why do we need language like this? We just read that grace and salvation work the same way in both testaments. Was grace somehow imparted or triggered at circumcision? Too bad for the israelite girls and wome. It's contrived and inserted into these narratives because of this odd, mystical view. The mystical connection ies not derive from the text. And i'll come back to it in my criticisms of the baptism language.