Actively seeking heaven balances and harmonizes our humanity, at once anchoring it to God and elevating our worldly efforts. Heaven fuels our pursuit of goodness, and truth, and beauty. It compels action, demands social justice. Too often do we relegate heaven to the life to come when the reality is more nuanced.
Read MoreThroughout Church teaching, we see that the body is not just a temporary vessel for the soul, but an integral part of the human person, destined for resurrection and eternal life. Viewed in this light, a focus on bodily ethics becomes not just reasonable but necessary.
Read MoreCatholics are called to a life of continuous conversion, a life spent pursuing the ideal set by Christ Himself. Indeed, we are commanded to “be perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect.” St. Paul uses similarly strong language when he tells Christians to pray without ceasing.
Read MoreHere I use Giotto’s masterful 14-century fresco, “The Baptism of Christ,” to elucidate trinitarian truths, particularly regarding the relational dynamics of the Trinity and how the Triune God pursues us through Christ in the Holy Spirit.
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