{"id":22917,"date":"2016-02-13T22:58:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T04:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=22917"},"modified":"2017-04-27T19:18:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T23:18:03","slug":"the-inner-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-inner-self\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inner Self","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p>LENTEN RETREAT<br \/>\nDay 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/contemplation1-1.png\" alt=\"contemplation1\" width=\"470\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>ARE <\/strong>you still with me? It&#8217;s now Day 5 of our retreat, and I\u00a0am certain many of you are struggling in these first days to stay committed. But take that, perhaps, as a sign that you might need\u00a0this retreat more than you realize.\u00a0I can say that this is the case for myself.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Today, we continue expanding the vision of what it means to be a Christian and who we are in Christ&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Two things\u00a0happen when we are baptized. The first is that we are cleansed of all sin, particularly original sin. The second is that we become a <em>new creation<\/em> in Christ.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. (2 Cor 5:17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In fact, the Catechism teaches that a believer is essentially &#8220;divinized&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_22917_1('footnote_plugin_reference_22917_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_22917_1('footnote_plugin_reference_22917_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_22917_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_22917_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em>CCC, <\/em>1988<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_22917_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_22917_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> by <em>sanctifying grace <\/em>through faith and Baptism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000066;\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">Grace is a <i>participation in the life of God.<\/i> It introduces us into the intimacy of Trinitarian life<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> \u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church, <\/em>n. 1997<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">This free gift of grace, then, enables us to <span class=\"text\">become &#8220;partakers of the divine nature and of eternal life.&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_22917_1('footnote_plugin_reference_22917_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_22917_1('footnote_plugin_reference_22917_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_22917_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_22917_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>CCC<\/em>, 1996<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_22917_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_22917_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">So it is clear that becoming a Christian is not a matter of joining a club, but becoming an entirely new person. But this is not automatic. It requires our collaboration. It requires that we co-operate with the Holy Spirit in order for grace to transform us more and more into the image of God\u00a0in which we were created. As St. Paul taught:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son&#8230; (Rom 8:29)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">What does this mean? It means that the Father wishes to transform our &#8220;inner man&#8221;, as St. Paul calls it, more and more into Jesus. It does not mean that God wishes to erase your unique personality and gifts, but rather, to embue them with the supernatural life of Jesus, who is <em>love incarnate<\/em>. As I often say to young people when I speak in schools: &#8220;Jesus did not come to take away your personality; He came to take away your sin that marrs who you really are!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Thus, the goal of Baptism is not only your salvation, but to bring about within you the fruit\u00a0of the Holy Spirit, which is <em>&#8220;love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_22917_1('footnote_plugin_reference_22917_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_22917_1('footnote_plugin_reference_22917_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_22917_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_22917_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Gal 5:22<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_22917_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_22917_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0Do not think of these virtues as high ideals or unachievable standards. Rather, see them as whom God intended you to be from the very start.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">When you are standing there in a store to pick out a toaster, do you buy the floor model that is dented, missing buttons, and without a manual? Or\u00a0do you pick up the new one in a box? Of course you do. You&#8217;re paying good money, and why should you settle for less. Or would you be happy with the broken one that when you get home, goes up in a fizzle of smoke?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Why is it then\u00a0that we settle for less when it comes to our spiritual lives? Many of us remain broken because no one has given us the vision to be anymore than that. You see, Baptism is the gift that enables us, you could say, to choose which toaster we want\u2014to become holy, or to simply stick with the broken floor model. But listen, God\u00a0is not satisified with your heart being dented, your soul missing buttons, and your mind wandering without clear direction.\u00a0Look at the Cross and see how radically God expressed His unhappiness with our brokeness! This is why St. Paul says,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;be not conformed to this world; but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God. (Rom 12:2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">You see, it&#8217;s not automatic. Transformation comes when we begin to renew our minds\u00a0by God&#8217;s word, by the teachings of our Catholic Faith, and conforming ourselves to the Gospel.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">As I&#8217;ve said already in this retreat, it is as though this new interior man or woman is <em>conceived<\/em> within us at Baptism. It has yet to be nurtured by the <em>Sacraments<\/em>, formed by the <em>Word of God<\/em>, and strengthened through <em>prayer<\/em> so that we truly participate in God&#8217;s life, becoming holy, and &#8220;salt and light&#8221; to others in need of hope and salvation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">[May he] grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. (Eph 3:17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Brothers and sisters, it is not enough to be a baptized cradle Catholic. It is not even enough to go to Mass every Sunday. We are not partakers in a country club, but in the divine nature!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity. (Heb 6:1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">And we talked about the path of this maturity yesterday: by entering into the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-good-death\/\"><em>The Good Death<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; As the Catechism teaches:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000066;\">The way of perfection passes by way of the Cross. There is no holiness without renunciation and spiritual battle. Spiritual progress entails the ascesis and mortification that gradually lead to living in the peace and joy of the Beatitudes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000066;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;\">\u2014<em>CCC<\/em>, n. 2015 (&#8220;ascesis and mortification&#8221; meaning &#8220;self-denial&#8221;)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">And so now it is time for us to go deeper in this retreat, to begin to examine the practical ways in which we can strengthen and foster the inner self, and begin to actualize &#8220;the peace and joy of the Beatitudes.&#8221; Let Our Blessed Mother, then, repeat to you what St. Paul said to his spiritual children:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">My children, for whom I am again in labor until Christ be formed in you. (Gal 4:19)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">SUMMARY AND SCRIPTURE<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Father not only intends to cleanse us of sin through Baptism, but to help us become a new creation, re-made in the image of His Son. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 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