Do we really know ourselves?

     Human encounter with the transcendent God has always been met with resistance. But the idea of a God wholly independent of our sway is especially repulsive to man’s current contemporary taste. After all, it requires a terrible admission of our insufficiency. It demands recognition by each of us that we cannot rescue or save ourselves. It commands a yielding to, a humble listening for, an obeying of another that is utterly beyond our mere human minds and wills.

      The Gospel tells us we are mere humans standing in need of salvation and that we are powerless to do this for ourselves. What is more, we are all sinners who desperately need to be healed of our moral wounds. This, we believe in faith, has been done in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins and promises us a world beyond our earth and our earthly projects. It is not by dint of human science, alchemy, or artifact that our meaning can be found. It is only by God¹s kind favor that we are what we are and that we are made for something far greater still.