Exodus from Slavery into Life

The basic pattern of Christian existence

“O God . . . hear me as I tremble in this darkness and reach out your right hand to me. Hold your light before me and call me back from my wandering, so that, with you guiding me, I may return again to myself and to you.” (St. Augustine)

Man cannot find completion or rest in himself, but only in one who is other than himself. His entire life, from infanc…