“For freedom Christ set us free” (Galatians 5:1). But what does this freedom look like—not in theory, but in the marrow of our daily lives?
To remain in Christ is to live in the freedom of love. Not the fleeting freedom of self-indulgence, but the liberating love of the incarnate Son of God, who draws us out of the trap of sin, self-absorption, and alienation. In loving Him, we are no longer bound by the need to prove ourselves, to grasp for signs, or to chase after lesser saviors. “No sign will be given,” Jesus says (Luke 11:29), because He himself is the sign—the fullness of meaning, happiness, and salvation.
“There is something greater than Jonah here” (Luke 11:32). Greater than any prophet, any miracle, any worldly wisdom. Christ remains with us—not as a distant memory, but as a living presence in the Holy Eucharist. In every Mass, He offers Himself again, not only to redeem us but to remain in us. To nourish us. To free us.
To remain in Christ, then, is to return again and again to this table of freedom. To let His Body and Blood reshape our hearts. To let His love become the rhythm of our days. And in that abiding, we are made new—no longer slaves to fear, but children of God, walking in the light of the One who remains.
Smitten With Goodness 