The Glorious Deeds of Christ

Called to be Saints

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: . . . (1 Cor 1:2 NKJV).

Apostle Paul

What is a Saint?

To be holy does not mean being superior to others: the saint can be very weak, with many mistakes in his life. Holiness is this profound contact with God, becoming a friend of God: it is letting the Other work, the Only One who can really make the world both good and happy.

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

The Shock of the Cross

Jesus shocked the established authorities by being a friend to all—not only to the destitute and hungry, but also to those rich extortioners, the tax-collectors, whom all decent people ostracized … The shocking thing was not that he sided with the poor against the rich but that he met everyone equally with the same unlimited mercy and the same unconditioned demand for total loyalty.

If we look at the end of his earthly ministry, at the cross, it is clear that Jesus was rejected by all—rich and poor, rulers and people—alike. Before the cross of Jesus there are no innocent parties. The cross is not for some and against others. It is the place where all are guilty and all are forgiven.

Lesslie Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1989), 151.

Welcome to the Glorious Deeds of Christ blog. This blog begins today for the purpose of magnifying our blessed Lord Jesus Christ and his great work on the Cross. The poet and early church father, Prudentius, wrote

Give me, page, my quill

that I may sing

a sweet and tuneful song

of the glorious deeds of Christ.

He alone shall be my Muse’s theme,

Him alone shall my lyre praise.

“Hymn for All Hours, “

Prudentius (348-415?)

Complete poem found here.

My quill, my page, my song, and my lyre will be this blog. I pray that everything written here will display the beauty, greatness, magnificence and glory found in the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ.