The Heart of Matter: Divine Relationship
Tuesday, February 1st
“The dynamic life of the Trinity as ever newness in love means that every divine relationship is a new beginning because every divine person is a transcendent horizon of love. Being is transcendence in love, and God’s Being in love is eternally free.”
—Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ
“La vida dinámica de la Trinidad, como eterna novedad en el amor, supone que toda relación divina es un nuevo comienzo, porque toda persona divina es un horizonte de trascendencia en el amor. El ser es trascendencia en el amor, y el Ser de Dios es eternamente libre en el amor.”
—Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ
An Incarnational Practice: Exchanging
While much can be “heart heard” when one takes the time to read and ponder a text, engaging it in conversation with a friend, a partner or a family member, brings into it living and relational insights. When our voice lifts the text and when someone else’s voice responds, the words take a body of their own within that relationship and in that dance the text takes us a little deeper and creates something new.
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What is being revealed? What is being moved? What is being asked?
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What is being revealed?”
Trying to understand prior to this Ilia says “understanding the Trinity as an infinite emergent process? …change is not contrary to God; rather, change is integral to God because God is love and love is constantly transcending itself toward greater union.” This goes against the grain for me although in theory I like the concept.
What is being moved? “Ever newness in love” I guess I am being called to integrate all that is emerging in those around me. And yea send myself to be able to respond.
What is being asked?
I guess I am being called to integrate all that is emerging in those around me. And through that love grow or transend myself to be able to respond in new ways to growth all around
I think I really like although I am not sure I totally get it
ever new – there has never been nor ever will be a moment like this – ever now – full of spontaneous surprises – thank you ever present Trinity for being with us and in us.
The “Incarnational Practice: Exchanging” note is very nicely put. It expresses very succinctly how important it is to listen to how others put things, which gives the Spirit within us something new to resonate with (“heart heard” is the term used). This something new can stir the heart and give new life to our love for one another.
If mankind used the same energy it uses to pursue sexual intimacy, to pursue the common good for all of mankind, then we could create the Garden of Eden for all of us right here and right now.
So appreciated the “Incarnational Practice: Exchanging”! Wondering if this “exchange” could not also include a tree, a rock, a stream?