Over the last week my spiritual exercises have focused on contemplation of the Trinity. Around this eternal community of 3 persons in one God who live in mutual praise and companionship and devotion to one another. And around Jesus as the second person, of his role in both creation and recreation. The embodied Word which spoke everything into being.
Ignatius asks us to contemplate the world, firstly to spend time with what we see, then what we hear and then what actions we see in the world. That in itself was very powerful. Then to contrast this mystery with the simple story of Mary. There were some verses to read from the Gospel of Luke.
And the words I can't get away from are - "God sent".
This loving God, who is relational to the core of his being, his response to the brokenness and to all that he sees, hears and to the actions of people is to act in time and space. To send to a young girl, a word, which became, literally, embodied through her "Yes" response; in order to draw his creation back into this loving companionship and mutual love which God experiences all the time.
He is, always was, and always will be, drawing us right into the centre of himself until we can hardly spot the join.
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Hello Adam - Thanks for your comments. (Just so people know, Adam Pastor was a Unitarian, originally called Rudolph Martens, a Catholic priest who gave up the office in 1533 and joined the Anabaptists, he was later banned on the charge of denying the Trinity) Like the original Adam Pastor I assume you do not believe that Jesus was God but that he was human. I did a quick Google search on you Adam and see lots of responses from other bloggers who have obviously mentioned the Trinity and you have left a message, so for this reason plus the moniker, I assume that you hold this belief. There are lots of responses from these bloggers outlining why they don’t agree with you and lots of quoting of scripture back and forth, and for that reason there is no point in me making a response along those lines.
This is what I understand; and this would certainly be the orthodox view; that the second person of the Godhead, who we have come to understand as Jesus did pre-exist creation and was the Word through which everything was created; that this same second person of the Trinity, because he was the agent of creation, was the persona who chose to become incarnated as Jesus in time and space, in order to restore the connection to the Godhead which had become broken. He was fully God, yet lived a fully human life. He died and was raised from the dead and through his incarnation, birth, life, death and resurrection he created a way for the connection with the Godhead to be restored.
I also understand that this is mystery; we cannot fully comprehend because God is infinite God and we are finite creatures. But when I take time to contemplate and pray with this, it absolutely makes sense to me; and when I consider the grace and the love which prompted the Creator’s actions then I am filled with wonder; and although I cannot fully understand it, there is a deep place in my spirit where this resonates and makes God’s love even more incredible and moving.
Welcome to the ground of mystery – Remove your shoes from your feet. The place you're standing is holy
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