Monday, February 27, 2012

He was conceived of the Holy Spirit...

HE WAS CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...

“The Spirit opened Jesus to a world beyond his own.  The Spirit does the same for us, if only we allow ourselves to become bigger than the limitations of a humanity in which the divinity has never been unleashed… The conception, the impulsion, the kindling of Jesus by the Spirit of the Holy calls us to become less concentrated on sin and more on grace, less concerned with the restrictions of law and more with the limitless possibilities of love, less obsessed by the limitations of being human and more in awe of its potential.  It is humanity that is the womb of the divine for us.”

Practical:  William Blake wrote, “And we are put on earth a little space / That we might learn to bear the beams of love.”  When we long for Love, we long for God, for God’s presence in our lives.  Focus for a few minutes daily on grace, which is the experience of God’s presence; open yourself to it in quiet meditation, allow the Spirit, the Love that unites Father to Son, to enter your heart, pray: ‘Come Holy Spirit’.

Quotations from Benedictine sister Joan Chittister’s book In Search of Belief, which explores the Apostles’ Creed phrase by phrase, demonstrating how the Creed is not a static set of rules or statements, but a living document that speaks to the deepest meaning of our existence and serves as a life guide, calling all of us to engage more deeply in relationship with God and with each other.  Sr. Chittister’s thoughts challenge us to live the Creed more fully as Christians; her writing is thought-provoking and inspirational.

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