Settlers versus Pilgrims

The children of Adam and Eve are either settlers or pilgrims. Settlers have planted their roots deep into the ruins of Eden where the loveless beasts scavenge for scraps in cutthroat competition with the other loveless beasts. Pilgrims have picked up their roots and are passing through it. The job of the Church is to transform settlers into pilgrims. The job of God is to transform sinners into saints. We do not transform ourselves. The Church does not transform us. Only God does and he does so when the children of Adam and Eve are put into intimate contact with the prodigious love of God.