Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.
(1 Cor 15:49)

That we will bear the image of the one who came from heaven is sometimes overlooked—which is understandable given our feeble struggle to overcome our fallen nature. Yet it is not something we do, but rather it is God’s grace working in and through us. We continue to struggle, but as Saint Paul goes on to say: But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor 15:57). And as Saint Therese, the Little Flower, says, “Everything is grace!"

The picture today is of Saint Therese de Lisieux.