Christ the Redeemer

“Any redemption that is placed outside the mystery of man’s creation—as it is made known in the original experiences of the body—is not true redemption.”

“Our thoughts, put into words, externalize our self-knowledge, our knowledge of the world, our communication with others, and, above all, our intimacy with God.”

“[F]ar from celebrating a special farewell meal, Jesus saw himself as instituting a new memorial of a new Passover sacrifice, in which he would offer himself as the eschatological Passover lamb whose death would set in motion the long-awaited eschatological exodus.”

“It is the humble priest who, having ‘renounced [even] his self-understanding,’ is capable of communicating the Gospel with transparency that radiates the life-form of Christ himself.”

“[T]he Gospel calls us to the radicality of setting aside our plans and schemes, abandoning ourselves to the God of love, so that, by doing nothing, nothing may be left undone.”

“To be created in the image of God with a desire to see God is to desire beatitude only in the context of a friendship that is gratuitous.”

“If true metaphysics must be bound to the reality of being, true theology must be bound to the potentia ordinata according to which God has ordered his creation well and to the most fitting end.”

“[T]he fact that we are going to die marks our life so strongly that every attempt—or temptation—to escape it destroys our life from within.”