Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

 

When we spend time with Jesus we become like Him. Why are we not encouraged to do so? (Photo by Jacob Bentzinger on Unsplash )  

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) [Would not our world today be much different] “if all of us Catholics had acted always on the conviction that we are His members; that consequently our actions are Christ’s actions?... (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) You are more than a ciborium carrying the Christ within you; you are more than a monstrance whence His whiteness might shine out; you have been made Christ – you are much more like the Host which the ciborium and monstrance hold! ‘Your shining is to make known His Glory as He has revealed it in the features of Jesus Christ ’."   (From God, A Woman and the Way by Rev. M. Raymond, OCSO)

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) Someone once asked my son a question.  That question and his answer brought me to my knees. Let me explain.   You can listen here.