The wisdom of being in communion with God

“what about giving thanks for that which is to come, our future life without end with God?”

“Make no mistake about it: the Christian vocation is nothing less than a call to become like God. It is about being gathered up into what the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are.”

“God doesn't look at the world and therefore know it the way we do, rather God knows the world and therefore it is”

“Who is Jesus Christ? Not one figure among many. Not, not simply another religious founder but he is God from God, which is why what he says is.”

“What God says is. God's word is not just descriptive, it's creative. Therefore since Jesus is God, what he says is.”

“don't think of heaven so much as a reward that anybody could enjoy, the good, the bad, the indifferent, think of it rather as a way of life that those who are adapted to it through grace can take in”

“It is only in becoming Eucharistic people, and freely giving our lives, that we begin to experience the freedom, the joy, and the thanksgiving that are proper to those united to Christ”

“Everyone who believes can taste on their lips the goodness of Christ who loves and who suffers. This is our thanksgiving to God made known in Jesus, who wills to live and to suffer in each of us.”

“A relationship with Christ is the ultimate self-help program with which we can attain a greater wisdom...We need to move our self out of the way, and let Christ’s help guide us through.”

“When we share a meal, do we remember those who have little? Do we remember those who played a role in bringing the food to our table? Our daily moments of sharing food are opportunities to celebrate the gifts of life and community.”

“Today’s readings are invitations to reflect on wisdom in our lives and the centrality of Jesus as the source of life, the source of God’s love”

“If we not only see, if we not only touch the Crucified one, now risen in glory, but we truly consume him, then the reality of his total, unifying love for us is experienced and not just talk. Not our words, but God’s.”

“So today we should choose to be people of integrity, justice, and love, so that when life whittles everything else away, those good things will emerge as our essence. And it will be that essence that will live forever.”

“The question isn't so much who is willing to eat and drink at this wise table...but who is willing to be that body, to remain in that body and be real food and real drink for the life of the world?”

“Well if we want to live in this eternal realm we have become eternalized. We do that by internalizing God's wisdom made flesh.”