There is grace associated with everything if we live in Christ.

The grace of sacraments differs from other grace in at least two aspects:

- it is assured. If the sacrament is performed by the minister validly, it transmits the grace intended unless the recipient places an impediment to block it "ex opere operato", by the very fact of being administered

- it can indelibly mark the soul. The sacrament of reception, Baptism and Confirmation, the sacraments of vocation, marriage and orders.

I have not heard someone talk about transubstantiation in quite some time, and I have no idea what Fr. Martin's life is like, but it must be unusual.

The Washing of Feet would be considered a "sacramental".