Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Unity: the full unfoldment of the Incarnation ...

May they be brought to complete unity
to let the world know that you sent me and
have loved them even as you have loved me. - John 17:23

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"Now Jesus Christ, God and Man,
enters into us and enacts a mystery similar
to the one wrought in Mary's womb.
...the Eucharist passes into our bodies and,
uniting with us, prolongs, extends
the Incarnation to each of us separately. 

In becoming incarnate in the Virgin Mary, the Word
had in view this incarnation in each one of us,
this Communion with the individual soul;
it was one of the ends for which He came into the world. 
Communion is the perfect development,
the full unfoldment of the Incarnation, 
as it is likewise the completion of the sublime sacrifice of Calvary,
renewed each morning in the Mass....
without Communion the Sacrifice would be incomplete.

Thus the Body of Jesus Christ
is united with our body,
His Soul with our soul,
and His Divinity hovers over both."

St. Peter Julian Eymard
Holy Communion

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