Man (and woman, of course) still retains within himself the need to love a perfect object that will never disappoint him and to be himself loved totally and unconditionally. These needs can be met only in a relationship with God Himself. Otherwise, we go on demanding unattainable absolutes from human beings.
- Tom Marshall
(Do you do this?)
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ACTS 5:27-33; PS 34:2 AND 9, 17-18, 19-20
JN 3:31-36
The one who comes from above is above all.
The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.
But the one who comes from heaven is above all.
He testifies to what he has seen and heard,
but no one accepts his testimony.
Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy.
For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God.
He does not ration his gift of the Spirit.
The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains upon him.
Reflection on the Scriptures |
We don’t worship and praise our traditions or even the saints. We praise a living Lord who takes an active interest in our lives and the lives of all who call upon the Lord. The saints remind us that each of us must stand firm on our faith even if we are not assigned the tasks of theological scholarship as was the case with St. Athanasius. As Easter people, each in
our own way, we are emboldened by our faith to identify with the cries of the poor and the crushed spirits of the broken hearted. As Easter people, we can bless the Lord at all times because we believe in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. For whatever our troubles and the troubles of others, we can take them on, trusting that the Lord hears us and delivers us.
by Barbara Dilly
Revelations of Divine Love
- by Julian of Norwich
Fourteenth Revelation, Chapter 57
“In Christ our two natures are united”
Plenteously and fully and sweetly was this shewed, and it is spoken of in the First, where it saith: We are all in Him enclosed and He is enclosed in us. And that [enclosing of Him in us] is spoken of in the Sixteenth Shewing where it saith: He sitteth in our soul.
For it is His good-pleasure to reign in our Understanding blissfully, and sit in our Soul restfully, and to dwell in our Soul endlessly, us all working into Him: in which working He willeth that we be His helpers, giving to Him all our attending, learning His lores, keeping His laws, desiring that all be done that He doeth; truly trusting in Him.
For soothly I saw that our Substance is in God.
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