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B A P T I S M A N D R E P E N TA N C E
cover the Church as the Eucharistic Body, as the communion
of the Holy Spirit, as the foretaste of the Kingdom of God.
Only then can repentance find its true fulfillment—not as
an end in itself, but as the path that leads into life.
If the new life given in Baptism and fulfilled in the Spirit is
a life of communion, then we must now ask about its ultimate
source. For this communion is not simply human—it reflects
the very being of God Himself. We must therefore turn to the
mystery of the Holy Trinity, where the meaning of person,
freedom, and communion is revealed in its fullness.
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