Embraced by God through the flesh of the Word (Henri Nouwen)

  There is no human being in the past, present, or future, in East, West, North, or South, who has not been embraced by God in and through the flesh of the Word. 

   The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus manifest to us the full intimacy of this divine embrace. He lived our lives, died our deaths, and lifted all of us up into his glory. There is no human suffering that has not been suffered in the agony of Jesus on the cross, no human joy that has not been celebrated by Jesus in the resurrection to new life. There is no human death that Jesus has not died, no human life that Jesus has not lived. In him through whom all has been created, all has been restored to the glory of God. 

--Henri Nouwen 

Image source: Salvator Dali, Crucifixion, or Christ of St. John of the Cross, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/4357244/Glasgows-Salvador-Dali-painting-of-Christs-crucifixtion-at-centre-of-copyright-battle.html/amp/. One exploration of this image can be found at: https://catholicexchange.com/imitate-the-love-of-christ-stretched-out-on-the-cross/
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