Daily Word (6.6.09)

Together:

"Beholding each other, we see the perfection of Christ Love." (DW, 6.6.09)

"What God has joined together, let no one separate." (Matt. 19.6)

Mei Meditatio:

It is the interconnectedness of all individuals with each other that creates the living reality we experience. We are not independent, self-sufficient entities without a need for other beings. Rather, as Fr. Thomas Merton has stated, "No [hu]man is an island." That is the true reality is that we are inherently, intricately interdependent with each other in a great web of interrelationship. When we are able to affirm this togetherness we behold the self-less love of Christ, where every self is pouring itself out into other selves in compassionate embrace.

The self-emptying (Grk. - kenosis) love of Christ becomes manifest as I recognize my existence as inter-being (a la Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh) with everyone else. I live out this interconnection through upholding peace, love, and justice in my personal relationships and practically addressing problems in society they become aware to me. These actions work toward a fuller reflection of the interdependent existence that underlies all in dynamic Oneness.

In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.