This Christian identity is composed of precisely two elements: this restraint from seeking oneself by oneself but instead receiving oneself from Christ and giving oneself with Christ, thereby participating personally in the life of Christ himself to the point of identifying with him and sharing both his death and his life. This is what Paul wrote in his Letter to the Romans: “[A]ll of us… were baptized into his death… we were buried therefore with him… we have been united with him…. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Rom 6: 3, 4, 5, 11).
From: http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20061108.html
Aside: I am on but of a spiritual roll this morning and I heard this quote and it echoes like a bell ringing in my head. I looked for it’s source to share with all. Our authentic transcendent truth comes only from God – not my stained self.
God Bless 🙏💕
Be Inspired! 
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