21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) - For the Ride Home

•“…As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15b)
•The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. (Psalm 34:19)
•…and the two shall become one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:31b,32)
•Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:68,69)

•Pick a verse or phrase from above or from the day’s readings. Keep the phrase close to your heart for a day. Be quiet and rest in peace with the Word.
•Leave all thoughts and activities behind for five minutes to be open to God’s presence.

It is the Spirit of God that must teach us who Christ is and form Christ in us and transform us into other Christs. After all, transformation into Christ is not just an individual affair: there is only one Christ, not many. He is not divided. And for me to become Christ is to enter into the Life of the Whole Christ, the Mystical Body made up of the Head and the members, Christ and all who are incorporated in Him by the His Spirit.¹

¹Merton, Thomas, New Seeds of Contemplation, New Directions: New York, 1961, p. 156.

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