The Heart of Everything

Before the universe existed—before stars, before time, before even the angels—there was only one thing: an eternal act of love. Not a feeling or a concept, but a living fire of total self-gift. The Father poured Himself out completely into the Son, the Son received and returned that love fully, and the Holy Spirit was the bond of that perfect exchange. This is not a metaphor. It is the deepest truth there is.

From this eternal fire, all creation was born. God didn’t make the world out of boredom or need—He lacked nothing. He made it because love, real love, overflows. You and I were not created as puppets or playthings, but as children. From the very beginning, God’s desire was not just to make us, not just to save us, but to draw us into that same eternal love.

This is the secret hidden in plain sight: the goal of the Catholic faith is not merely salvation from sin. That’s only the beginning. The goal is union with God. Not as spectators, but as full participants in the inner life of the Trinity. That is what Christ came to offer.

The Church Fathers called this divinization, or theosis. St. Athanasius said, “God became man so that man might become God.” Not that we become gods in ourselves, but that we are drawn into God’s own divine life. We are meant to love with His love, live by His joy, and dwell forever in the blazing center of His being.

This is what the sacraments are for. This is why we have the Eucharist—not as a symbol, but as a real, living union. When Jesus says, “Abide in me, and I in you,” He is speaking about more than closeness. He is inviting us into the very current of divine life.

This is why the saints burned so brightly. They had tasted what we were made for. They knew that everything else was ash compared to this: to live inside the eternal “I love you” between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

You were created for that love. You were created to be consumed by God, to become a living flame in the eternal fire. That’s the secret at the heart of everything.