Beyond Descartes

Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)

Hebrews 4:1-5, 11; Mark 2:1-12

The aim of the Christian life may be expressed in many ways: union with God, communion in the Trinity, deification (theosis), the acquisition of the Holy Spirit, returning to the Fatherโ€™s house (the heavenly Jerusalem), or in the words of the author of Hebrews, entering into Godโ€™s Sabbath โ€œrest.โ€… Read the rest