Catholic Life
The Scandal of Not Fearing Death
death is no longer an uncharted abyss; it has become a passage marked by His footprints.
death is no longer an uncharted abyss; it has become a passage marked by His footprints.
The soul recognises the One for whom it was fashioned.
In the Eucharist, Thomas found the convergence of all truth. Here, substance and accident bow before humility.
In other words: no armour, no disguises, no protection from accountability.
Here, the deepest dimension of in-dwelling is revealed: the Word does not only dwell in us through Scripture; He dwells as us in flesh and blood.
The Jordan and the altar thus mirror one another — both are places where heaven opens and the Spirit rests.
Yet the Gospel does not allow us to linger indefinitely at the Jordan
The Eucharist is thus the star of our pilgrimage