Daily Meditation - A LOVE THAT ASTOUNDS

[BarbaraTherese]

Now and then I wander off the rails and get my dates mixed up for which I apologize.
Since I have already posted the Readings and Meditation for Friday 4th. April, under the incorrect heading of Wednesday 2nd April…I am posting the correct Readings and Meditation for Wed. 2nd. April now…

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God so loved the world. . . (John 3:16)

This is one of the best-known and most frequently quoted verses in the whole Bible. Throughout the centuries, countless Christians have meditated on these words and worshipped God for the gift of his Son.

These words have inspired saints and sinners, evangelists and mystics, martyrs and ordinary believers alike—and they still do today!

Think about it: God revealed the full measure of his love for us when his only-begotten Son became flesh for us. It was an incredible outpouring of love, a gift far beyond any that our human minds could have ever imagined! Today, when the whole church meditates on these words, let St. Catherine of Siena help you in your prayer. Take her words—filled with passionate gratitude, love, and awe—inspire you:

“You created us through love, O God, and destined us to be such that we might taste and enjoy your eternal good. I see then that through our sin we lost this dignity which you originally placed in us. By our rebellion against you, we fell into a state of war with your kindness and became your enemies.
“But moved by that same fire of love with which you created us, you willingly gave us a way of reconciliation, so that after the great rebellion into which we had fallen, there should come a great peace. So you gave us the only-begotten Son, your Word, to be mediator between us and you. He was our justice, for he took on himself all our offenses and injustices. He offered you the obedience, Eternal Father, that you required of him when you clothed him with our humanity.

“Oh, abyss of love! What heart can help breaking when it sees such dignity as yours descend to such lowliness as our humanity? We are your image, and you have become our image by making yourself one with us, veiling your eternal divinity. . . . Why? For love! You, O God, have become human, and we have become divine!” (Adapted from The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena)

“Heavenly Father, how great is your love! Thank you for sending your Son into the world to redeem us. Thank you for the hope of eternal life that he has won for us.”