Participation in the Divine Life

The Gospel is John 17:1-11

Jesus came that we would have life, and have it abundantly, thus reconnecting the Creation to the Creator.

What is the Divine life, the eternal life, that Jesus conveys?  That we may know God in Jesus, whom God sent.

This “knowing” is not head knowledge, but heart knowledge, intimate relationship. This participative knowing is eternal life, experiencing God and Jesus personally, and having the mind of Christ.

In Jesus, God’s name and true nature is made known to us, and participative knowing of God is eternal life.

As we participate thus, we are called to share the Divine Life with others. We are still in the world, and called to carry out the mission of the Father and the Son’s love. It is our glory that we are able to do so.

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