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“Baptism introduces the divine life into a; confession restores it when it’s lost through sin; confirmation strengthens it; matrimony and holy orders, give it vocational directions; anointing of the Sych prepares us for the transition to our heavenly homeland. What’s this all about? Deification.“

“If Mary is the one through whom Christ was born, and if the church is Christ’s mystical body, then she must be, in a very real sense, the Mother of the church. She is the one through whom Jesus continues to be born in the hearts of those who believe.“

“Yet this mysterious Christ insisted that Saul was harassing him personally-‘ I am Jesus, whom your persecuting’ - a claim that makes sense only upon the condition that Jesus has identified himself with his followers in a matter, so vivid and incarnate that when they suffer, he suffers.“

“Unless you crucify your ego, you cannot be my follower, Jesus says.” - You have to die to find Jesus. To be embraced by the fulness of his love you have to allow (that is, choose) yourself to be totally vulnerable (crucified), exposed.