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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 6th Day in the Octave
DESCRIPTION:THE SANCTIFICATION OF HUMANITY \nFrom “Faith and Theology” by Fr Marie-Dominique Chenu \n◊◊◊ \nI am afraid that sometimes we think of the Gospel as being operative only \non a pious plane far removed from earthly conditions\, on the assumption that \nthe evangelical message would be uncomfortable in the midst of mundane \nthings. And so we hesitate to use the leaven in life’s ordinary bread lest its purity \nbe contaminated. \nIf that is our attitude then we do not really believe in the Gospel at all. We \ndo not believe that it is for our humanity that God became flesh! We do not \nbelieve that the divine life can be lived by a person of flesh and bone… But this is \na basic misunderstanding of the plan of Christ\, for Christ saves humanity\, not by \nplacing us in a heaven apart\, but by becoming one of us. In other words\, \nsalvation is not to be found in the denial of human nature\, since God himself \ntook on human nature in order to save humankind. \nThe plan according to which divine life was given to us through the \nincarnation can be stated in this way: God\, in becoming a man\, submitted to all \nthe earthly conditions of human existence; if any of those conditions had been \nomitted\, if any exceptions had been made\, God would not have fully assumed \nhuman nature. The sanctification of humanity follows the same law. It is not an \nexterior sanctification accomplished by pious intentions; it is a profound \npermeation of the depth of our being and of our deepest aspirations by a sap \nwhich flows through the channel of our cares\, our labors\, our institutions. This \nis the incarnation. And if anyone wants an example of grace functioning at the \nhuman level let us consider human love — the encounter of spirit and flesh. \nHere\, at least\, one would expect the divine life to remain reserved and detached \nin its own pure isolation. But look what Christ has done! He made marriage a \nsacrament\, so that its functioning and its needs belong to the divine life. \nIn divine as in human life we have no use for a love that excludes the \nburden of the body and what it involves\, for such would be a false love without \nroots in earth and consequently without fruit in heaven. When God wills that \nfraternal love should find a place in our ordinary daily life he also wills that the \nmaterial bases of that life be included in the concerns of love — though\, in fact\, \nwe have made these material bases the sources of conflict and war. For even God \nmust respect the laws of love.
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