text: "Part of the deal?"  Part of the "deal!!??"  What is this--God's Church or a car dealership? Part of the deal!  Good heavens! There is no "deal" when it comes to the gifts of God. 
  
  Baptism is a gateway to the sacraments in the sense that once you are baptized you are eligible to receive the other sacraments, but Baptism does not bestow a "right" to receive the other sacraments.  One must be called to receive the other sacraments.  God's election of someone for Baptism does not necessarily entail God's election of someone to receive the other Sacraments.