St Paul tells us that we are not our own. And the context of this already enigmatic remark is a teaching about the human body, so that what St Paul means by saying that we are not our own is, specifically, that our bodies are not our own; and this...
In the final chapter of the Letter to the Hebrews we are told that here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. My reflections will be a consideration of these two cities - the city that we have here, and the city which...
According to some talking head in a video, there are probably only a hundred people in the world today who can read, write, and speak Latin fluently. I am certainly not one of them. But as my mind wandered among my friends, I counted a dozen or so who can...
So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir. In these words St Paul describes what Christ achieves for us, moving us from slavery to filial inheritance. But this movement is of a singular kind. It isn’t exactly a transformation,...
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me’. Reflecting on these words will bring us to the heart of the mystery of Christ the King, because it will bring...