{"id":4343,"date":"2020-05-08T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2020-05-05T23:53:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:53:46","slug":"the-christian-life-is-simply-a-perpetual-communion-with-jesus-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4343","title":{"rendered":"THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS SIMPLY A PERPETUAL COMMUNION WITH JESUS CHRIST"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled\u201d<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0(John 14:1)<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Gospel (John 14:1-6) <\/strong>gives the reason why distressed disciples have hope and meaning in their lives: Jesus assures them \u201cI am the Way, the Truth and the Life\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cWay\u201d<\/strong> – was how discipleship was expressed from the time of the earliest followers of Jesus. (Acts of the Apostles)<\/p>\n

The \u201cTruth\u201d<\/strong> – \u201cYou will know the truth, and the truth will make you free<\/em>\u201d (John 8:32)<\/p>\n

The \u201cLife\u201d<\/strong> – \u201cAnd this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.<\/em>\u201d (John 17:3)<\/p>\n

Bishop Eugene de Mazenod wrote to the people of Marseilles:<\/p>\n

We have told you, united to Jesus Christ we are established in a happy solidarity with Him, on which our salvation depends. The Christian life is simply a perpetual communion with Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Pastoral Letter, February 1846)<\/em><\/p>\n

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These are not empty theological ideas: Jesus lived these in his love for people, giving his life to teach, serve and redeem. We are seeing reflections of the Risen Christ continuing this around us every day – highlighted during the pandemic in those who continue his actions of teaching, serving and saving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled\u201d \u00a0(John 14:1) Today\u2019s Gospel (John 14:1-6) gives the reason why distressed disciples have hope and meaning in their lives: Jesus assures them \u201cI am the Way, the Truth and the Life\u201d The \u201cWay\u201d … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}