At a time when you did not know God,
you became slaves to things
that by nature are not gods…
(Galatians 4:8)

 

Jesus, Liberator

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Before all things both visible and invisible existed, God was — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Their shared love, joy, and happiness was limitless and without defect. But precisely because the nature of Love is to give Itself, it was their Will to share this with others. That meant creating others in their likeness with the capacity to share in their divine nature.^[1]cf. 2 Pet 1:4 So God spoke: “Let there be light”… and from this word, the entire universe teeming with life came into being; each plant, creature, and heavenly object revealing something of God’s divine attributes of wisdom, kindness, providence, and so forth.^[2]cf. Rom 1:20; Wis 13:1-9 But the very pinnacle of creation would be man and woman, the ones created to participate directly in the interior life of love the Holy Trinity.Continue reading →