DAY TWO - Maturing internally “Abide in me as I abide in you”
Eph 3:14-21 May Christ dwell in our hearts
Lk 2:41-52 Mary treasured all these things
Meditation
The encounter with Jesus gives rise to the desire to stay
with him and to abide in him: a time in which fruit matures.
Being fully human, like us Jesus grew and matured. He lived a
simple life, rooted in the practices of his Jewish faith. In this hidden life
in Nazareth, where apparently nothing extraordinary happened, the presence of
the Father nourished him.
Mary contemplated the actions of God in her life and in that
of her son. She treasured all these things in her heart. Thus, little by
little, she embraced the mystery of Jesus.
We too need a long period of maturation, an entire lifetime,
in order to plumb the depths of Christ's love, to let him abide in us and for
us to abide in him. Without our knowing how, the Spirit makes Christ dwell in
our hearts. And it is through prayer, by listening to the word, in sharing with
others, by putting into practice what we have understood, that the inner being
is strengthened.
“Letting Christ descend into the depths of our being … He
will penetrate the regions of the mind and the heart, he will reach our flesh
unto our innermost being, so that we too will one day experience the depths of
mercy.”
The Sources of Taizé (2000) p. 134
Prayer
Holy Spirit, May we receive in our hearts the presence of
Christ, and cherish it as a secret of love. Nourish our prayer, enlighten our
reading of Scripture, act through us, so that the fruits of your gifts can
patiently grow in us.
We exhumed a charismatic praise chorus......
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thus was born this cosmic refrain:
My God/de and my all,
My Brother, my Healer,
My Mother, Creator,
My Abba of all. 🎶
Abide in me as I abide in you.
The greatest blessing of a long life - to finally, day by day, grace by grace, experience the indwelling presence of Jesus in the deepest depths of one's being.
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