Daily Meditation for Sunday, 4 June 2017 : "Being Clothed in Christ" The Henri Nouwen Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Daily Meditation for Sunday, 4 June 2017 : "Being Clothed in Christ" The Henri Nouwen Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"Love, Henri" - a great summer read! Henri's latest book is available at bookstores everywhere and online! DAILY MEDITATION:   "Being Clothed in Christ" Sunday, 4 June 2017  Photo courtesy of SDGimagery.com Being a believer means being clothed in Christ. Paul says: "Every one of you that has been baptised has been clothed in Christ" (Galatians 3:26) and "Let your armour be the Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 13:14). This being "clothed in Christ" is much more than wearing a cloak that covers our misery. It refers to a total transformation that allows us to say with Paul: "I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me" (Galatians 2:20). Thus, we are the living Christ in the world. Jesus, who is God-made-flesh, continues to reveal himself in our own flesh. Indeed, true salvation is becoming Christ. For further reflection... "And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge -- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." [Ephesians 3: 17-19 (NIV)] Your response... You are the hands and feet and heart of Christ today. Continue the Inspiration Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "A Spirituality of Caregiving".

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Daily Meditation for Saturday, 3 June 2017 : "Claiming the Identity of Jesus" The Henri Nouwen Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Named by Publishers Weekly as one of the top five religion books of 2016!Love, Henri: Letters on the Spiritual Life is available at bookstores everywhere and online! DAILY MEDITATION:   "Claiming the Identity of Jesus: Saturday, 3 June 2017  Photo courtesy of V. Dobson When we think about Jesus as that exceptional, unusual person who lived long ago and whose life and words continue to inspire us, we might avoid the realisation that Jesus wants us to be like him. Jesus himself keeps saying in many ways that he, the Beloved Child of God, came to reveal to us that we too are God's beloved children, loved with the same unconditional divine love. John writes to his people: "You must see what great love the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God's children - which is what we are." (1 John 3:1). This is the great challenge of the spiritual life: to claim the identity of Jesus for ourselves and to say: "We are the living Christ today!" For further reflection... Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught [Peter].  "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?" [Matthew 14: 31 (NIV)] Your response... What does it mean to you to be a beloved child of God? Continue the Inspiration Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "Life of the Beloved".   Visit our Bookstore:United States | Canada | United Kingdom Consider our monthly giving program to sustain the ability to extend Henri's legacy and make his work available to those who seek spiritual formation and nourishment. Click here to sign up today. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo. STAY CONNECTED:

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