Today’s readings confront the contrast between divine fullness and human distortion, showing how truth, repentance, and right doctrine guard the Church from decay. Ignatius warns the Ephesians with urgency that false teaching corrupts more deeply than moral failure, calling them to cling to the cross, to the hidden mysteries of Christ’s incarnation, and to unity around the bishop as the medicine of immortality. Augustine turns inward and gives thanks that God not only forgives sins committed but mercifully restrains sins never carried out, confessing that his theft was driven less by desire than by the twisted delight of shared rebellion. Aquinas then provides the metaphysical foundation beneath both voices, arguing that God alone is infinite—not through lack, but through fullness—since He is pure act, unlimited by matter or potentiality. Togethe ...