Join Father Peter Lewitzke from St. Thomas Aquinas House in Lafayette, Indiana, for a thought-provoking reflection on how God communicates himself through people and things — from the sacraments to the incarnation itself. Drawing on St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians, Father Peter warns against the temptation to make our attachments to particular parishes, communities, or spiritual "heroes" more fundamental to our religious identity than Christ himself. Through a powerful thought experiment, he invites us to consider: if everything familiar changed, would our faith remain? The Good News is that ultimately it's Christ who plants, waters, and causes growth — and that gift of life in the Spirit can never be taken away. ## Timestamps 00:00 – Welcome to A Word of Hope 00:15 – Two truths across salvation history: God uses people and things 00:30 – The sacraments and the Incarnation as sacramental 00:45 – The many ways God has communicated to you personally 01:13 – The temptation: making mediation an end in itself 01:26 – St. Paul's warning to the Corinthians about factions 02:10 – A thought experiment: what if it all changed? 02:35 – The Good News: Christ alone gives the growth #AWordOfHope #CatholicFaith #DailyGospel #OrdinaryTime #FatherPeterLewitzke #CatholicReflection #1Corinthians #LifeInTheSpirit #FaithAndIdentity #CatholicPriesthood #DailyDevotional #WordOfGod #ChristianLife #SaintPaul #Catholicism