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Our human “destiny,” our “purpose,” and our “end,” or our home in heaven is an interesting topic within this book that Fr. Owen’s writes about. Fr. Owens breaks it up until a couple different sections within chapter nine. The first section “The unfolding of a new creation.” talks about a new era. Fr. Owens writes “Whatever we do to give life, to nurture it and serve others will be part of this new creation but freed from any residue of self-centeredness, freed to be part of the new Christ.” (Fr. Owen’s, P. 136). This section is talking about the new Christ. The next section “The new cosmic Christ,” is not a new being with a consequent, it is a new creation Fr. Owen’s talks about. The rest of this chapter talks about things such as “A Communion
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