Analysis Of St. Paul's Letter To The Galatians
"God created man a rational being with free will, conferring on him the dignity of a person who can initiate and control his own actions." Thus, he can choose God, or he can choose against God . In the Letter to the Galatians, St. Paul showed his wise choice of letting Christ direct his life when he states, “I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me.” As Paul identified himself with the life of Christ, we too are also called to cooperate with the grace of God and become members of his body. To some extents, one may say that Christ and his Church together make up the “whole Christ”, He is the head and we are the members in one body. Therefore, to say, “I am alive with Christ” is synonymous with saying I am alive and living with the Church
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Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for. However, we will always face many challenges and temptations. As a result, it requires us to rely on the love and mercy of God, and to put forth effort to resist and overcome temptations so that we can live in God as Paul's example: “I [he] live, no longer I [him], but Christ lives in me [him].” (cf. Gal 2:20)
St. Augustine, St. Aquinas, and Mystici Corporis Christi have taught us the twofold dimension of our relationship with Jesus as his mystical body. This relationship has its foundation is love because God himself is love. (cf. 1 John 4: 16)
Bibliography
1. Pope Pius XII. Encyclical on the Mystical Body of Christ Mystici Corporis (26 June 1943).
2. Augustine. The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century. Brooklyn, N.Y.: New City Press, 1990-2005.
3. Augustine. Confessions. World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
4. Publication / Office for Publishing and Promotion Services, United States Catholic Conference. Vol. no. 513-5, Catechism of the Catholic Church. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, ©1994.
5. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic constitution on the Church: Lumen gentium, solemnly promulgated by His Holiness, Pope Paul VI on November 21,
Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for. However, we will always face many challenges and temptations. As a result, it requires us to rely on the love and mercy of God, and to put forth effort to resist and overcome temptations so that we can live in God as Paul's example: “I [he] live, no longer I [him], but Christ lives in me [him].” (cf. Gal 2:20)
St. Augustine, St. Aquinas, and Mystici Corporis Christi have taught us the twofold dimension of our relationship with Jesus as his mystical body. This relationship has its foundation is love because God himself is love. (cf. 1 John 4: 16)
Bibliography
1. Pope Pius XII. Encyclical on the Mystical Body of Christ Mystici Corporis (26 June 1943).
2. Augustine. The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century. Brooklyn, N.Y.: New City Press, 1990-2005.
3. Augustine. Confessions. World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
4. Publication / Office for Publishing and Promotion Services, United States Catholic Conference. Vol. no. 513-5, Catechism of the Catholic Church. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, ©1994.
5. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic constitution on the Church: Lumen gentium, solemnly promulgated by His Holiness, Pope Paul VI on November 21,