One time, a best friend of mine invited me to go with her on a family vacation. I was her “special friend”, the one who was specifically chosen out of all the other girlfriends to be invited. Why should I have been surprised? I mean, we were the two girls who were joined at the hip. We did EVERYTHING together. Yet I was still taken aback at her wanting to spend time with me on the family vacation. Could I even imagine how Mary felt when she was told she would bear the Son of God? I mean, she was a faithful Jew, she was tight with God, yet she was still surprised at the honor given to her. To be the mother of God? That is huge. But she accepted that honor with humility. And through her willingness and openness, Jesus entered the world. The Messiah was incarnate of a Virgin, became man, and then suffered, died, and rose again from the dead. He took the punishment of humanity’s sin, suffered the brutal death that should’ve been ours, and overcame the death brought into the world by Adam and Eve. God mended the relationship that was torn apart by sin. After Jesus’ resurrection, He established a Church to carry on the work He had started. Christ loves the Church, the Church loves Christ. Kind of like when you have a friend who gives you a birthday gift… okay, just kidding. The point is, Christ is in the same love relationship with the Church that we saw earlier in the Ad Intra. The whole giving and receiving thing. The fruit of love is us, the members of the Church. So all of the members of the Body of Christ are a result of the love that we feel from Christ and the Church. That’s how the Church keeps growing. I'm getting that warm and fuzzy feeling again...
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