The Spiritual Life, Episode 4: The Resurrection of Our Lord & Sanctifying Grace

The Spiritual Life, Episode 4: The Resurrection of Our Lord & Sanctifying Grace In this fourth episode of The Spiritual Life, we begin by talking about the great mystery of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the central doctrine of Catholicism and is a compendium of the Faith – embracing within the whole plan of redemption. If our Blessed Savior, after His glorious triumph over death, continued to dwell on earth, it is without doubt that His Risen Life is meant to have its own purpose and meaning for our spiritual life. Our Lord did not ascend from the Cross straight to Heaven, and neither are we meant to. Our Lord said that “I am come that they may have life and have it more abundantly.” He was not talking of merely physical, natural life but a supernatural, divine life, which is none other than the life of sanctifying grace. Our Lord became man for the express purpose of raising us to divine life. God, says St. Peter, “has given us most great and precious promises that by these you may be made partakers of the Divine nature.” The awesomeness of this truth is so often misunderstood, forgotten, or rarely discussed and appreciated and yet it is so firmly a part of Catholic tradition. As Father Leen says, “Without an adequate notion of grace there cannot be an adequate notion of Catholicity. For the Catholic system is not merely a means to right living, much less an ingenious contrivance to help us to evade the unpleasant consequences of wrong living. The Church with its system exists primarily for the communication of grace to the souls of men.” Join host Nicholas Wansbutter and Father Bernard Uttley, O.S.B. as they discuss the mysteries of the Resurrection and sanctifying grace and their relation to the spiritual life of the soul. Original Air Date: May 18, 2014 Show Run Time: 1 hour 39 minutes Show Guest(s): Father Bernard Uttley, O.S.B. Show Host(s): Nicholas Wansbutter