{"id":23224,"date":"2023-12-21T10:43:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=23224"},"modified":"2023-12-21T10:50:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:50:50","slug":"mini-incarnations-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=23224","title":{"rendered":"Mini Incarnations of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lauren Daigle - Hold On To Me (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tq4x4CTnNXs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Franciscan sister Ilia Delio focuses on the theology of the incarnation and the universal nature of the Christ mystery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Christian message is that God has become flesh [sarx in Greek or \u201cmatter\u201d]\u2014not a part of God or one aspect of God but the whole infinite, eternal God Creator has become matter. The claim\u2014God has become flesh\u2014is so radical that it is virtually unthinkable and illogical. <strong>Christianity is the most radical of all world religions because it takes matter seriously as the home of divinity.<\/strong> [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So does everyone have to become Christian to know the Christ? Absolutely not. Christ is more than Jesus. Christ is the communion of divine personal love expressed in every created form of reality\u2014every star, leaf, bird, fish, tree, rabbit, and human person. Everything is christified because everything expresses divine love incarnate.<\/strong> However, Jesus Christ is the \u201cthisness\u201d of God, so what Jesus is by nature everything else is by grace (divine love). <strong>We are not God, but every single person is born out of the love of God, expresses this love in [their] unique personal form, and has the capacity to be united with God\u2026<\/strong>. Because Jesus is the Christ, every human is already reconciled with every other human in the mystery of the divine, so that <strong>Christ is more than Jesus alone. Christ is the whole reality bound in a union of love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We cannot know this mystery of Christ as a doctrine or an idea; it is the root reality of all existence. Hence, we must travel inward, into the interior depth of the soul where the field of divine love is expressed in the \u201cthisness\u201d of our own<\/strong>, particular life. Each of us is a little word of the Word of God, a mini-incarnation of divine love. <strong>The journey inward requires surrender to this mystery in our lives, and this means letting go of our \u201ccontrol buttons.\u201d It means dying to the untethered selves that occupy us daily; i<\/strong>t means embracing the sufferings of our lives, from the little sufferings to the big ones; it means allowing God\u2019s grace to heal us, hold us, and empower us for life; <strong>it means entering into darkness, the unknowns of our lives, and learning to trust the darkness, for the tenderness of divine love is already there; it means being willing to surrender all that we have for all that we can become in God\u2019s love; and finally, it means to let God\u2019s love heal us of the opposing tensions within us.<\/strong> <strong>When we can say with full voice, \u201cYou are the God of my heart, my God and my portion forever\u201d [Psalm 73:26], then we can open our eyes to see that the God I seek is already in me \u2026 and in you. We are already One. [2]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 12 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord, this devotional is very timely as I take stock of 2014 and look out at the future of 2015. However, there is something here that doesn\u2019t quite ring true. If Jesus paid the price for our sins and transgressions, then why should we recall them and our yesterdays as if we need to be held accountable?&nbsp; What can we be held accountable for, if Jesus paid the price? Is this one more of those \u201cbait and switch\u201d teachings? Jesus paid it all now it is up to me to live it out and be held to account for not doing so according to some measuring guide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And God says\u2026\u201d<em>I said I will remember your sins no more. They are as far as the east from the west. I do not recall past, present or future sins. When I look at the accounting, I see Jesus, and how you allowed My Spirit to live through you. There is no measurement, only yes and no. As you have been fond of saying, \u201cGod does not grade on the curve\u201d. So let go of the past, present and future, and look to the new year as an opportunity to step out in a vision and faith so large, that the only way to live it is to be totally surrendered to Me. Seek first the kingdom of God and everything else you require will be provided. Delight yourself in the Lord and I will give you the desires of your heart. Do not get confused by the enemy contemplating your failures and missteps. Focus on Jesus and by the strength and faith of Jesus, allow your vision, hopes and dreams to become real. Acknowledge Me in all our ways and I will make your paths straight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franciscan sister Ilia Delio focuses on the theology of the incarnation and the universal nature of the Christ mystery: The Christian message is that God has become flesh [sarx in Greek or \u201cmatter\u201d]\u2014not a part of God or one aspect of God but the whole infinite, eternal God Creator has become matter. 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