Pietro Perugino’s ‘The Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John,
St Jerome and St Mary Magdalene’. (c. 1482/1485). Photo:
OSV News / courtesy National Gallery of Art When God gives us sanctifying grace in baptism, what he gives us is a share in his own divine life. The spirit of God is poured into our hearts (cf. Rom 5:5). The Spirit, in turn, forms our hearts into a likeness of the eternal Son (cf. 2 Cor 3:18). Yet, all of this takes…
