God gives us his
divinity and all its bliss in exchange for our humanity and all its
misery. If God has come to invite us to share his divine life through all
eternity, the process begins when Jesus first comes into our own time and space
to dwell within our shabby lives and hearts—sinful, worldly, self-centered, and
yet full of the hope that his teaching, touch and presence will gradually
transform us into radiant children of God.
Autumn sunset with rainbow over the east road of the Abbey. Photograph by Kathleen Trainor. Reflection by Father Simeon.