You are an Incarnation of Divine Love
In the depth of the soul's canvas,
a narrative weaves—
God becomes matter,
an unseen embroidery
etched in the fibers of existence.
Christianity, the radical echo,
treats matter as divinity's abode,
not confined to temples,
but whispered in every leaf's flutter,
in the pulse of every star.
Christ, beyond Jesus, an incarnation,
love in human form,
a melody of divine love,
unfolding in creation's fabric.
We, not gods but vessels,
birthed from the cradle of God's love,
each bearing a singular hue
of the cosmic palette.
Christ, the embodiment of reality's fabric,
love's union in boundless embrace,
beckons all, beyond creed's confines,
to feel the divine communion
in every created fragment.
To grasp this mystery
is to voyage inward,
where love's essence
paints the 'thisness' of our being,
each life a testament, a chapter of divine love.
The journey beckons surrender,
a plunge into shadows,
trusting in love's gentle touch,
to mend the fractures within.
Surrendering all,
for a rebirth in love's sanctuary,
reveals the God within,
illuminates the shared oneness
threading through us all.
We, already united,
in the vast dance of existence,
as whispers in the symphony of One.
The Christian message is that God has become matter. Christianity is the most radical of all world religions because it takes matter seriously as the home of divinity. Christ is more than Jesus. What Jesus is by nature everything else is by grace (divine love). We are not God, but every single person is born out of the love of God, expresses this love in their unique personal form, and has the capacity to be united with God. Christ is the whole reality bound in a union of love. One does not need to become Christian to know the Christ. Christ is the communion of divine personal love expressed in every created form of reality. We cannot know this mystery of Christ as a doctrine or an idea; it is the root reality of all existence. Each of us is an incarnation of divine love. We must travel inward, into the interior depth of the soul where the field of divine love is expressed in the 'thisness' of our own, particular life. The journey inward requires surrender. It means entering into darkness, the unknowns of our lives, and learning to trust the darkness, for the tenderness of divine love is already there. It means to let God’s love heal us of the opposing tensions within us. It means being willing to surrender all that we have for all that we can become in God’s love. Then we can open our eyes to see that the God I seek is already in me and in you. We are already One.
May the profound truth of divine love embracing all existence,
beyond creed and doctrine, guide us inward,
where surrender births unity, revealing the sacred within and between us,
affirming our inherent oneness in the cosmic dance of life.
[adapted from: Ilia Delio, Christogenesis by Any Other Name?; The Hours of the Universe]