Book: Romans

The once and for all sacrifice of Christ and our living sacrifice of ourselves are becoming one sacrifice as we and Christ become one.

In Baptism, Christ has united us with himself in his death to sin and his resurrection to radically new life.

Christ’s desire to extend hospitality to us, to welcome us at his table, is so great that he will give even his own life to bring us into the experience of his love. This is the pattern for our call to hospitality too.

You might have been written off as a dead loss (even by yourself), but only respond to the call of Christ, and you will live!

God’s merciful and all-inclusive love is steadfast, not arbitrary, and so fills us with hope in the coming Christ.

The Catechumenate, and the annual Lenten journey, are about writing the Word of God into our hearts so that it can protect us from evil and bear fruits of righteousness.

The God who we encounter in such different ways is, nevertheless, the one God, and we are called to share in the life of this one God.

The death of Christ strips us bare, but in his resurrection we are clothed in Christ and become participants in his resurrection life.

The power of sin over us will not be broken by trying harder, but by pursuing Christ and Christ alone.

When hopes have been extinguished and all is despair, God comes back.

Our struggles against evil, temptation and suffering are all framed by the security of God’s unshakable love and resolve to bring us safely to fullness of life.

The coming Christ will continually confound our expectations, no matter how well informed or righteous they may be.