A Eucharistic way of life

Reflecting on Paul’s letter to the Colossians, we are immersed in a world of grace. Nor is this immersion merely a matter of detached, if ardent, speculation. It can change us, transform us, plunging us into baptismal waters of new birth, to emerge as participants in a new way of life, a new manner of human existence. Paul’s urgency is imperative: we proclaim Christ, he writes, “warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, that we may present each mature in Christ” (Col 1:28). “Mature” here is telos: fulfilled, brought to perfection. “For in Christ the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority” (Col 2:9-10).