Jesus

Today is the 13th
Sunday
The Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.

This is the second Sunday in a row that
I have been moved to tears while at mass.
I hurriedly brush away my tears so no one
can see..

This is what I came to realize today
but
I don't know if the realization is
dogmatically correct.

There is the Father, Son, (Word) and Holy Spirit.

The Father is forever creating
can't help himself

In this creating he brings forth the Son who is a reflection/all that the Father is,
distinct in Person.  The love that is reflected between Father and Son
is the Holy Spirit.

It is like the buckets in a waterwheel - they constantly spill into each other
so too do Father and Word and the Spirit is the love between them, constant, never changing, always filling. 

I used to think and I logged  this somewhere -
that our alikeness with God was the word person.
my alikeness with God was the word person.


I am a Person
God is a Person
Allbeit in the catholic religion - three Persons.

I thought Person was the connection.
I am a Person
God is a Person

however -
that is not the case.

There is no way that I can know God as Person
His Person is not the same as me
He is indefinable.

I don't know about unknowable -
anyway --

Jesus is created in time.
The Second Person - Word is created in time.
Jesus.

Jesus has two natures
human  - he eats, drinks
 and
divine  - water becomes wine.

okay

so here goes

sooooo
when John the Baptist baptized Jesus
in the river
the Father parted the clouds in the sky
and said this is my beloved son - I am well pleased.

Jesus truly human
Jesus truly divine.

The Father took the human and the divine
The Godhead was ever changed.
The Father was ever changed.
The Word (Son) was ever changed.
and the Spirit was ever changed - the love between Father and Son.

Jesus said
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father

sooooo
my connection with God is born through Jesus Christ
Christ is my connection to the Father.
Jesus said,
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.

And this is what I learned today.
My appreciation of Jesus Christ was even more.
He is my connection.


When Jesus was crucified
He didn't have any clothes on

He hung there in His nakedness
alone
comforted by a few of his disciples
and the women who loved him.

The two Mary's were there.  Maybe three Mary's.

Mary his mother
and
Lazarus' sister,
Mary, whose rapt attention was always wrapped in his Jesus' presence.
I thought -

at least she was there to be with him.
Good for her.
Bravo.
You did for Him what others couldn't
You just were.
Just to Be - that's your gift.

A M E N