#58 Fully Alive

This week I explore one of the more misunderstood quotations in Christian history: St. Irenaeus' statement that "The glory of God is man fully alive." Drawing from the 13th Sunday readings, St. Paul's call to die to sin and live for God, and Christ's paradoxical teaching that whoever loses his life will find it, I consider what it truly means to become fully alive. Perhaps the path to flourishing is not found in comfort, self-fulfillment, or avoiding suffering, but in self-gift, sacrifice, and ordering our lives toward God.