Holy Humanity!

"Our humanity is holy. We are God's vessels for love in the world. We are called, along side Mary and John the Baptist, to let our lives point to Jesus, to allow God to be present to us in the mess, even when we would rather he just took the mess away." ~ Leah Perrault, Theology of the Body for Every Body

As I continue to prepare for the retreat on Saturday, I keep finding some good material for it. Leah and I presented at the Archdiocesan event last month. I bought her book and only last night picked it up last night. I then discovered it was perfect for the retreat.

I could not help but think of my dear departed Fr. Brian who always talked about the Incarnation and the messiness of Christmas. I am going to try to pull this all together in the next day or two. There are still a number of things stumbling around in my brain, waving for my attention. I see that it has great potential to be a wonderful retreat though. I think embracing our humanity and divinity is a life-long goal. Even tonight as I introduced a speaker at an event, I could not help but wish I had been more articulate. Later chatting with people, they were so impressed with what I had said. Funny how we view ourselves.

Do you ever think about how divinity lives within the vessel of humanity?

Peace,

Suzanne