Jesus’ incarnate nature builds us up not only as individuals but also as a community - the Mystici Corporis, “the Mystical Body of Christ” - making it authentically and distinctly Christian.Ĭhristian faith does not work in isolation. Jesus revealed to us the divinity of God, making it possible for us to enter into a profound relationship with Him. Jesus is our hope, our salvation.Īn incarnate faith is grounded in the mystery of the Incarnation - that in the fullness of time God became man in order to save us (Gal. It takes two to have Christian faith: Jesus Christ and the Christian. It takes two to have faith: God and a human being. There is no faith in the abstract rather, every person is called to participate in the mystery of the Incarnation and to live it out daily. That will be our project here, in order to help us to appreciate that Christian faith and spirituality is based on the mystery of the Incarnation and connects us with one another.Ĭhristian faith is incarnate faith. The blessed apostle gave several examples clarifying that faith without charity is nonsalvific, but he did not explicitly talk about the connection among the three virtues. Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, describes the gradations of these virtues and concludes by emphasizing that love is the greatest of them all: “So faith, hope, love abide, these three but the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor. In this chapter we will consider the connection between faith, hope, and charity in our Christian journey. Although we don’t know much beyond scanty pieces of information alleged to be about them, I am inspired by their names to think about how the grace of martyrdom flows from faith, hope, and charity. It was claimed that the mother, the Roman matron Sophia (Wisdom), and her three daughters, Pistis, Elpis, and Agape (Faith, Hope, and Charity), underwent martyrdom for the sake of their Christian faith and were interred on the Aurelian Way. There is a legendary account of a mother and her three beautiful daughters who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Hadrian.
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