Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O. P. “God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, has made even us, who were dead through our sins, alive together with Christ … and he has raised us up with him in Christ Jesus and given us a place with him in the heavens” (Eph. 2:4–6). Christian existence means being with Christ, and thus means being where he is, sitting at the right hand of the Father. The Church has her homeland where
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