sacrament) we are incorporated into the incarnate Word at the level of being; as Paul constantly repeats, we are “in Christ”: he is our milieu, the medium in which we live. It is so close to us in silent intimacy that it goes unnoticed, but we encounter it in its sovereign, personal freedom and spiritual character in the express word of scripture, preaching and church teaching, and above all in contemplation. Everyone who lives as a Christian in the Church, objectively and sacramentally, must also