Aug. 6, 2006
Good reads
"The Word was not hedged in by His
body, nor did His presence in the body prevent His being present
elsewhere as well. When He moved His body He did not cease also
to direct the universe by His Mind and might. No. The
marvellous truth is, that being the Word so far from being Himself
contained by anything, He actually contained all things Himself.
In creation He is present everywhere, yet is distinct in being from it,
ordering, directing, giving life to all, containing all, yet is He
Himself the Uncontained, existing solely in His Father........ His body
was for Him, not a limitation, but an instrument, so that He was
both in it and in all things, and outside all things, resting in the
Father alone. At one and the same time - this is the wonder - as
Man He was living a human life, and as Word He was sustaining the life
of the universe, and as Son He was in constant union with the Father."
On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius
I don't know if it was the Saint's
words or what, but this portion of the book really struck me.
I've heard similar things said other places. Certainly, there are
many great hymns that speak of this, but somehow these words resonated
with me.
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