We long for the fullness of Jesus' Promise, his gracious Spirit- within us, all around us. As Jesus speaks these words to his Father in the 17th chapter of Saint John's Gospel, we are reminded of the beauty and dignity that are ours in him. "I have given them the glory you gave me... I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."
And we hear echoes of the following words of Saint John Chrysostom, "But what do I care about heaven, when I myself have become heaven?" Indeed through baptism into Christ, we have become temples of the most high God in the Spirit.
Photograph of Abbey meadow by Brother Casimir.
Photograph of Abbey meadow by Brother Casimir.