12/06/2025

Our Saviour is undoubtedly the "true man" son of God and son of Mary.

He has lived, except for sin, just as we do. He too has been begotten, developed as do all mammals, begun to breathe and then taken his final breath.

I know that I can never fulfill the yearning to understand that is part of the human being ("isness") with which our innermost "Image and Likeness" reveals a hint of the Infinite Splendour, which can never be grasped, that is IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT. 

I do not know whether or not Isaiah's words are a description of a God-given vision or a creation of his human imagination.

I do know that John is remembering the real-time of the event at which he had been present 40/50 years previously. We are not reading a verbatim report. We have the "soul" of Jesus recorded in an instant of reciprocal Love that is beyond my mental understanding but can be sought, meditated upon and cherished by all who would be safe in the flock of the Good Shepherd.

Jesus has emptied himself of  his divinity to become "True Man" except for sin. The sublimity of John's account of the Prayer of the "Last Supper" is so overpowering that it seems that only "God from God" is present with the remaining Apostles in the "Upper Room". 

Our Saviour, however, is "true man". He is Son of God but also the Son of Mary, a human being born without sin, and as today we witness the wonder of Jesus in perfect prayer; as he is what we all are created to be, we can come to realise that what it is that is necessary to be restored in creation damaged by human sin can only be done by God's own participation. Fearful as that seems to be.

We can all be as close to Our Father as Jesus Son of Mary and know, love and serve with perfection for the Immense Horror that is sin has been defeated by Our God. Our Liberty, which is the touch of God's own Freedom, however has not been limited. We have to remember that it is still by our own choice that we accept the safety that comes from Son's own prayer.

I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known

That the Love with which you have loved me may be in them

And I in them.