“The Kingdom Within” with Dr. Gerry Crete

Reflections on our inner worlds.

Souls and Hearts is excited to bring you a new monthly feature — The Kingdom Within. Each month, Dr. Gerry reflects on passages from the Bible, the writings of the saints, Church documents, and the writings of noteworthy theologians, philosophers, and spiritual writers from a parts work perspective. The Kingdom Within comes to your email inbox every third Monday of the month.

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The Temple of the Self: You Are a Temple and the Temple Has Many Rooms (Part I)

April 20, 2026

In 2008 the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology published Temple and Contemplation: God's Presence in the Cosmos, Church, and Human Heart, which was edited by Scott Hahn and part of the Letter & Spirit series of books. In this volume, a remarkable group of biblical theologians and patristic scholars made a sustained case that the Temple is not merely an ancient building in Jerusalem. It is a cosmic reality, a sacramental reality, and a human reality. The Temple, they argue, finds its ultimate fulfillment not just in stone or ritual, but in the human heart itself. Now, when I... READ MORE

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