Sacramentality is a basic Catholic principle that all of creation is a potential means of recognizing or experiencing the goodness, presence and love of God for us. It is NOT asserting that created reality IS God (Pantheism), because we believe that God , who has always existed (and was not created), created everything out of nothing.
"Because creation comes forth from God's goodness, it shares in that goodness - 'And God saw that it was good ... very good' (Gn 1: 4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 31) (Catechism of the Catholic Church, par. 299) - so in a real sense, God's creation is a tangible way for us to recognize, encounter and reflect on the basic holiness of all that God has given us.
In other words.... here's a song on YouTube to enjoy:
Holy Now by Peter Mayer
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