They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?" (Luke 24:32)
I come to ponder on the thought about being Christ to others and seeing Christ in others.
Being Christ to Others. No longer I but Christ in me (Galatians 2:20). Knowing that Christ resides in us, gives us supernatural strength. For us to do His mission on earth, it requires His power. Pentecost made it known to us that the Gospel spread precisely because of the Power of the Holy Spirit.
When we recieve Christ's body and blood in Holy Communion, we are one with Him and strengthened by His grace.
In the Mass, after the sacrifice itself is completed, we have the unspeakable privilege of receiving the flesh and blood of the Divine Victim, who is not dead, but living, and comes to give life in abundance to our souls. This Holy Communion, if we are rightly disposed, produces an increase in sanctifying grace - the ability to take in the vision of God in the life to come - plus a special claim to actual graces as needed, forgiveness of venial sin for which one is repentant, help to keep from mortal sin, and an increase in the virtue of love.
--from Fr. William G. Most (http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/euchb2.htm)
Seeing Christ in Others. The walk to Emmaus allows us to reflect about Christ who is often with us, but whom we often fail to recognize. The idea of Christ in others is what Mother Teresa carries when serving others, specially the poor.
" I believe that we are not really social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of people. But we are really contemplatives in the heart of the world. For we are touching the body of Christ twenty-four hours. We have twenty-four hours in His presence" -- from Mother Teresa's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 1979
Having Christ in us and experiencing Christ through others leads us to a life of fullness in Christ. For everywhere we look, whether inward or outward, we see the presence of Christ. It is a life filled with passion, purpose, and missionary adventure. In this way, man is fully alive and God's glory is revealed. As St Irenaeus said, "The glory of God is man fully alive."
In my recent prayer time, I sensed the Lord saying, "Be faithful to Me, and I will show you how it is to truly live by My Spirit." Being Christ to others and Seeing Christ in others comes down to being consistently attuned to Him. Being full of faith is what God requires as seen throughout the Bible and reflected in Hebrews 11.
May we live our lives in the grace of the Lord, with hearts burning, knowing that He is in us and in the people around us.
I come to ponder on the thought about being Christ to others and seeing Christ in others.
Being Christ to Others. No longer I but Christ in me (Galatians 2:20). Knowing that Christ resides in us, gives us supernatural strength. For us to do His mission on earth, it requires His power. Pentecost made it known to us that the Gospel spread precisely because of the Power of the Holy Spirit.
When we recieve Christ's body and blood in Holy Communion, we are one with Him and strengthened by His grace.
In the Mass, after the sacrifice itself is completed, we have the unspeakable privilege of receiving the flesh and blood of the Divine Victim, who is not dead, but living, and comes to give life in abundance to our souls. This Holy Communion, if we are rightly disposed, produces an increase in sanctifying grace - the ability to take in the vision of God in the life to come - plus a special claim to actual graces as needed, forgiveness of venial sin for which one is repentant, help to keep from mortal sin, and an increase in the virtue of love.
--from Fr. William G. Most (http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/euchb2.htm)
Seeing Christ in Others. The walk to Emmaus allows us to reflect about Christ who is often with us, but whom we often fail to recognize. The idea of Christ in others is what Mother Teresa carries when serving others, specially the poor.
" I believe that we are not really social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of people. But we are really contemplatives in the heart of the world. For we are touching the body of Christ twenty-four hours. We have twenty-four hours in His presence" -- from Mother Teresa's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 1979
Having Christ in us and experiencing Christ through others leads us to a life of fullness in Christ. For everywhere we look, whether inward or outward, we see the presence of Christ. It is a life filled with passion, purpose, and missionary adventure. In this way, man is fully alive and God's glory is revealed. As St Irenaeus said, "The glory of God is man fully alive."
In my recent prayer time, I sensed the Lord saying, "Be faithful to Me, and I will show you how it is to truly live by My Spirit." Being Christ to others and Seeing Christ in others comes down to being consistently attuned to Him. Being full of faith is what God requires as seen throughout the Bible and reflected in Hebrews 11.
May we live our lives in the grace of the Lord, with hearts burning, knowing that He is in us and in the people around us.
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