Monday 17 June 2013

Prayer: God as Person visible in the Son's descent

‘In the Son’s “descent” into flesh he first of all reveals himself, his self-abasing, humble and obedient love. … [He is] not only a sublime metaphor of eternal love, but Eternal Love itself. Moreover, Eternal Love is not only present in this man but also, in him, manifests and interprets its very nature and renders it visible. … | [N]ot some neutral “nature” of God, but … the particular “nature”, the innermost character of the Father who sent him. What entered earthly visibility was the Father’s divine Image, his “Word”, …a Person: his Son.’[1]


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