Wow, this is jam packed full of deep, thought provoking truths! I especially like your words, "God, the Father, Entrusts His Son to humam beings"! Its the word entrusts that really spoke to me, because it means that God, therefore, entrusted His Son to me! When anyone entrusts smething to me, I take it seriously, try hard and do my best to keep that trust. How much more so must I keep this entrustment from God, which is Jesus Christ!
The problem with trying to find Jesus within the context of the holy family is that Jesus is now our High Priest at the right hand of the Father. He is the only one who can intercede for us at that level of intercession. We are able to give Jesus a latria entrustment that we are not permitted to do with anyone else.
There is a paradox at play here. The Holy Family, in God’s design, still plays a part in the bestowal of graces. Mary as mother and the New Eve. To the Church as a mother, for instance. But the ultimate source of grace is from God, inasmuch as Mary was saved by a prev. grace but nonetheless saved by Christ.
Further the Holy Family teaches us about each family as its own particular church, called to bring Christ to full stature in the spiritual sense of sanctifying grace.
When we consider Sanctifying grace we also consider it to be like the child Jesus, needing to be preserved, protected, nurtured, etc. this grace is the life of Christ in us, called to grow to full-stature.
The holy family is a model church for training children to be dependent on God, but ultimately, sanctifying grace is infused into us through the Godhead that resides in the Holy Spirit who is within us. Our dependence and humility towards God is what opens us up to this Spirit and accompanying grace (cf. James 4:5-10; 1Peter 5:5-7).
Wow, this is jam packed full of deep, thought provoking truths! I especially like your words, "God, the Father, Entrusts His Son to humam beings"! Its the word entrusts that really spoke to me, because it means that God, therefore, entrusted His Son to me! When anyone entrusts smething to me, I take it seriously, try hard and do my best to keep that trust. How much more so must I keep this entrustment from God, which is Jesus Christ!
The problem with trying to find Jesus within the context of the holy family is that Jesus is now our High Priest at the right hand of the Father. He is the only one who can intercede for us at that level of intercession. We are able to give Jesus a latria entrustment that we are not permitted to do with anyone else.
There is a paradox at play here. The Holy Family, in God’s design, still plays a part in the bestowal of graces. Mary as mother and the New Eve. To the Church as a mother, for instance. But the ultimate source of grace is from God, inasmuch as Mary was saved by a prev. grace but nonetheless saved by Christ.
Further the Holy Family teaches us about each family as its own particular church, called to bring Christ to full stature in the spiritual sense of sanctifying grace.
When we consider Sanctifying grace we also consider it to be like the child Jesus, needing to be preserved, protected, nurtured, etc. this grace is the life of Christ in us, called to grow to full-stature.
The holy family is a model church for training children to be dependent on God, but ultimately, sanctifying grace is infused into us through the Godhead that resides in the Holy Spirit who is within us. Our dependence and humility towards God is what opens us up to this Spirit and accompanying grace (cf. James 4:5-10; 1Peter 5:5-7).
Agreed. We must pray for perseverance in that grace.