A Constant Grace<\/strong><\/a>\nWednesday, May 22, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>The work of the Holy Spirit in our lives is to reveal to us the truth of our being so that the way of our being can match it. \u2014<\/em>Wm. Paul Young [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The love in you\u2014which is the Spirit in you\u2014always somehow says yes. (See 2 Corinthians 1:20.) Love is not something you do; love is something you are. It is your True Self. Love is where you came from and love is where you\u2019re going. It\u2019s not something you can buy. It\u2019s not something you can attain. It\u2019s the presence of God within you, called the Holy Spirit or what some theologians name<em> uncreated grace.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u2019t manufacture this by any right conduct, dear reader. You can\u2019t make God love you one ounce more than God already loves you right now. You can go to church every day for the rest of your life. God isn\u2019t going to love you any more than God loves you right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You cannot make God love you any less, either\u2014not an ounce less. Do the most terrible thing and God wouldn\u2019t love you less. You cannot change the Divine mind about you! The flow is constant, total, and 100 percent toward your life. God is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can\u2019t diminish God\u2019s love for us. What we <em>can <\/em>do, however, is learn how to believe it, receive it, trust it, allow it, and celebrate it, accepting Trinity\u2019s whirling invitation to join in the cosmic dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090\u20131153) wrote, \u201cInasmuch as the soul becomes unlike God, so it becomes unlike itself.\u201d [2] Bernard has, of course, come to the same thing I\u2019m trying to say here: the pattern within the Trinity is the same as the pattern in all creation. And when you return to this same pattern, the flow will be identical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catherine LaCugna (1952\u20131997) ended her giant theological tome <em>God for Us<\/em> with this one simple sentence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very nature of God, therefore, is to seek out the deepest possible communion and friendship with every last creature on this earth. [3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s God\u2019s job description. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. And the only thing that can keep you out of this divine dance is fear or self-hatred. What would happen in your life\u2014right now\u2014if you fully accepted what God has created?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suddenly, this is a very safe universe. You have nothing to be afraid of. God is for you. God is leaping toward you! God is on your side, honestly more than you are on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indwelling Spirit A Constant Grace Wednesday, May 22, 2019 The work of the Holy Spirit in our lives is to reveal to us the truth of our being so that the way of our being can match it. \u2014Wm. Paul Young [1] The love in you\u2014which is the Spirit in you\u2014always somehow says yes. (See […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18049,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048\/revisions\/18049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>The work of the Holy Spirit in our lives is to reveal to us the truth of our being so that the way of our being can match it. \u2014<\/em>Wm. Paul Young [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The love in you\u2014which is the Spirit in you\u2014always somehow says yes. (See 2 Corinthians 1:20.) Love is not something you do; love is something you are. It is your True Self. Love is where you came from and love is where you\u2019re going. It\u2019s not something you can buy. It\u2019s not something you can attain. It\u2019s the presence of God within you, called the Holy Spirit or what some theologians name<em> uncreated grace.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u2019t manufacture this by any right conduct, dear reader. You can\u2019t make God love you one ounce more than God already loves you right now. You can go to church every day for the rest of your life. God isn\u2019t going to love you any more than God loves you right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You cannot make God love you any less, either\u2014not an ounce less. Do the most terrible thing and God wouldn\u2019t love you less. You cannot change the Divine mind about you! The flow is constant, total, and 100 percent toward your life. God is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can\u2019t diminish God\u2019s love for us. What we <em>can <\/em>do, however, is learn how to believe it, receive it, trust it, allow it, and celebrate it, accepting Trinity\u2019s whirling invitation to join in the cosmic dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090\u20131153) wrote, \u201cInasmuch as the soul becomes unlike God, so it becomes unlike itself.\u201d [2] Bernard has, of course, come to the same thing I\u2019m trying to say here: the pattern within the Trinity is the same as the pattern in all creation. And when you return to this same pattern, the flow will be identical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catherine LaCugna (1952\u20131997) ended her giant theological tome <em>God for Us<\/em> with this one simple sentence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very nature of God, therefore, is to seek out the deepest possible communion and friendship with every last creature on this earth. [3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s God\u2019s job description. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. And the only thing that can keep you out of this divine dance is fear or self-hatred. What would happen in your life\u2014right now\u2014if you fully accepted what God has created?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suddenly, this is a very safe universe. You have nothing to be afraid of. God is for you. God is leaping toward you! God is on your side, honestly more than you are on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indwelling Spirit A Constant Grace Wednesday, May 22, 2019 The work of the Holy Spirit in our lives is to reveal to us the truth of our being so that the way of our being can match it. \u2014Wm. Paul Young [1] The love in you\u2014which is the Spirit in you\u2014always somehow says yes. (See […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18049,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048\/revisions\/18049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}