tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114015132071029000.post2581658082454711015..comments2023-10-30T05:25:15.039-05:00Comments on Love of St. Paul: Sunday, June 27, 2010jeffmathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14127614468710693657noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114015132071029000.post-78046553472347477562010-06-27T10:00:33.673-05:002010-06-27T10:00:33.673-05:00What strikes me is that Jesus himself was never de...What strikes me is that Jesus himself was never dead in his transgressions, nor was His Mother, Mary. They were never dead. They always had the fullness of life as human beings. <br /><br />But St. Joseph, and St. Paul, and St. Peter, and all of the first disciples and apostles -- they were all dead in their transgressions. Like me. Even St. Joseph? For awhile, yes I believe he was. <br /><br />This being dead in our transgressions is a hard pill to swallow. Surely our transgressions are not deadly! <br /><br />But they are -- they were -- fallen humankind was dead in its transgressions, from the time our first parents sinned until Christ redeemed us. And each of us - dead in our transgressions, until we received life with Christ, through God's mercy and His grace. <br /><br />Food for thought, that.Rae Staboszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089439510877671134noreply@blogger.com