Cenacle Journal
Posted in Advent, Immersed in God, Resurrection, Transformation, Union with God on Dec 2nd, 2011
When the divine Logos became human, he necessarily took on human limitations—gender, time, place, ethnicity, nationality. The resurrected Christ, on the other hand, while remaining human, transcends the limitations that he accepted in his Incarnation. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Immersed in God, Union with God on Jul 21st, 2011
I’d like to share a lovely passage from an essay with a rather formidable title: “Trinitarian Theology as Participation,” by Frans Jozef van Beeck, SJ. Father van Beeck feels that the reason many Christians leave the church today is that they are simply bored. They do not find there a “sense of participation in God, [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Immersed in God, Love on Mar 22nd, 2009
See “Jesu Tibi Vivo (Jesus, for You I Live).” For high quality viewing, click on “HQ” (bottom right of frame) after video starts.
Posted in Cenacle, Eucharist, Immersed in God, Love on Feb 18th, 2009
One of the old songs which the Sisters of the Cenacle sing for special occasions is “Jesu Tibi Vivo.” The original words, in Latin, go like this: Jesu, tibi vivo; Jesu, tibi morior; Jesu, sive vivo, sive morior, tuus sum. (Jesus, for you I live; Jesus, for you I die; Jesus, whether I live or [...]
Posted in Immersed in God, Presence on Mar 11th, 2005
Winter is the dry season on the Florida peninsula, with abundant sunshine and also the threat of drought and wildfires. Last Sunday, though, was one of those days when it seemed as if the whole world was running with water. On the way to church, we held our umbrellas close as we sloshed through puddles [...]
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