Poets & Saints

Beings En Route (Pope Benedict XVI) - Unseen Existences: Day 4

Poets & Saints

Show Notes

A five-minute Christian meditation and lectio divina practice on Philippians 3:20, with a reading from Pope Benedict XVI's Introduction to Christianity. Day 4 of the Unseen Existences series.

Scripture Philippians 3:20 (NIV) But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Refrain I am not yet myself. I am becoming.

Quote Pope Benedict XVI, from Introduction to Christianity "Human persons are beings en route, beings characterized by transition. They are not yet themselves; they must ultimately become themselves." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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