“Christ Who Lives in Me”: Life in Time as the Content of a Saint’s Heavenly Mission

Sylvester Tan, SJ, explores the eternal significance of a saint’s earthly life in Christ, with a focus on St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Through the “little way,” saints participate in Christ’s incarnate life, revealing how temporal human existence can bear divine grace and intercessory fruit. Drawing on Balthasar, Radner, and Ratzinger, Tan argues that the particularities of human life, when lived in Christ, are shared as heavenly treasures, transforming time into a Christological conduit for salvation and divine self-giving.