Pierre Fortin

This article by Pierre Fortin offers a spiritual and autobiographical meditation based on the question posed to Jesus by the first disciples in John 1:35-39: "Rabbi, where do you dwell?" The author, presenting himself as a simple baptized believer, structures his reflection around three foundational experiences — a revelation in Saint Petersburg in 1996, an inner crisis on Patmos in 1998, and a conversion to Orthodoxy — to explore the mystery of Christ's dwelling in the human heart. The approach combines narrative exegesis, Pauline theology of kenosis, and baptismal spirituality. The central idea is that Christ's dwelling is found in the deepest part of assumed humanity, in stripping away and humility. The theological contribution lies in the articulation between the descent into hell, baptismal grace, and the missionary vocation of the ordinary Christian.