A 6th Sunday after Pentecost Thought About The Divine Presence Within Us
Could there be anything more awesome than the idea that the Divine Presence is within us? It is, as we'll discover. Do we ever think about this? If not hold on. Today's spiritual guide will explain what it means and why it should be held as precious in our hearts and minds and souls. Being sinners (and aren't we all - or at least most of us?), it can seem unlikely that the Divine Presence would literally live inside us. We might think at first this is some sort of symbolic thing. But God, indeed the Holy Trinity, literally living inside us? Seems a stretch. But apparently it's not. And today's author isn't alone in this assessment. But we might wonder how these spiritual writers came to this astonishing teaching. For that, all we need do is refer to St. John's Gospel - John 14:23 - which relays these words of Jesus Himself: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him. It is ...