Father Robert Barron's mini-series documentary Catholicism has been shown in excerpt the last two Sundays on PBS. I've been deeply moved by this passionate, deeply historical, and extremely thoughtful look at the origins of our faith. See a trailer for the series here, which is scheduled to shown on EWTN during the month of November.
Last night's episode examined the critical role of Saints Peter and Paul in the shape and spread of early Christianity, and culminated with a lovely meditation on Paul's "hymn to love" found in the thirteenth chaper of 1 Corinthians.
Fr. Barron pointed out (and I'm paraphrasing here) that in heaven, there is no faith and hope, only love. This seemed startling at first, but makes perfect sense. There will be no need for faith, because we will know God and our True Selves intimate, face-to-face. There will be no need for hope because all longing will be fulfilled. But there will be love, infinite, abiding, overflowing love. Faith and hope will have reach their ultimate end in this eternal dance of love.
As today's first reading points out, "we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ" (Romans 8:16-17). We are heirs to unsurpassing love.
Holy One, strengthen our faith, strengthen and sanctify our hope, but above all, conform us to your love, which is our destiny and birthright. Amen.
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