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Paul’s letters to the Thessalonica and Galatia are not words of disinterested philosophy nor cold catechetical teaching. They are words of fire, burning with the love of God and his people. These early epistles have endured through the centuries to burn in our hearts as well. In Words of Fire: The Early Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians and the Galatians, Farley works from a literal...

we become God’s adopted sons in the regenerating water, it is fitting that the Spirit of His Son be given to us as well, in the chrismation that seals and completes the baptism. As a witness to this experience of sonship, the baptized faithful have the cry of “Abba! Father!” in their hearts (Rom. 8:15–16). This experience of God as Father is no vague and distant thing. The word Abba is Aramaic for “Papa” or “Daddy” and is different from the more formal title “Father.” It is a familiar form of address,
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