Saint Paul Lent Talk Series with Fr. Kevin Girardi
Over four Wednesday evenings in Lent, Fr. Kevin Girardi led parishioners through the theology of Saint Paul—tracing an arc from salvation, to the Church as Christ’s body, to the sacraments, and finally to the moral transformation that flows from it all. Each talk built on the last, flipping the common understanding on its head: we don’t earn our way to God. God comes to us first.
Every talk is available below as a full video replay with a complete transcript.
Week 1: By Grace Through Faith in Love — Salvation in Christ
What is salvation? What is grace? What is faith? What is love? Fr. Girardi opened the series by flipping the common understanding on its head: God’s grace comes first, not our moral effort. Salvation is not earned—it is received, and it transforms everything.
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Week 2: The Mystical Body of Christ
Once we’re saved, what then? Fr. Girardi unpacked Paul’s teaching that the Church is not a club or a building—it is the living Body of Christ, with every member playing an essential role. No member is unimportant, and none can say to another, “I have no need of you.”
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Week 3: A Participation in the Life — The Sacramental Life in Christ
United to Christ’s body, the Church, he feeds us through the sacraments. Fr. Girardi explored the sacramental worldview, the centrality of Baptism and the Eucharist, and the great mysteries of Holy Orders, Reconciliation, and Marriage.
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Week 4: From Glory to Glory — Moral Transformation in Christ
The series culminated with Paul’s vision of moral transformation—not as the starting point, but as the fruit of everything that came before. Saved by grace, united to the Church, fed by the sacraments, we are liberated from sin and called to “put on Christ” daily, living by the Spirit through the fruits and gifts rather than mere rule-keeping.
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