Physically, the pains and traumas of life
can lead us to disconnect from our bodies and even forget
our bodies even as we live within our own skin.
In this scenario, we might be able to get by but this is far from the
full experience and joy of life. When pain and trauma lead us to forget who we
are and disconnect from the reality of being the Body of Christ, we – as Church
– might also be able to get by in the
world, but this also is far from the fullness of life that God intends for his
people and through his people (his Body) in witness for the world.
For just as the
body is one and has many members, and all members of the body, though many, are
one body, so it is with Christ. For by
one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – Jew or Greeks, slaves or free –
and all were made to drink of the one Spirit… Now you are the body of Christ
and individually members of it. (1 Cor. 12:12-13, 27).
A tremendous joy is to be found in re-connecting
and simply remembering our body. Yes, we
are the Body of Christ!
--Fr. Michael Cummins, Word on Fire
Image source: James Tissot, Jesus Unrolls the Book in the Synagogue / Jésus dans la synagogue déroule le livre, Brooklyn Museum (1886-1894)
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