THE COSMIC CHRIST
Here was our opening prayer for Easter morning:
Can you believe it? Easter is here! The tomb is empty! Christ is risen! Easter begins its flowering. That Morning Star that will never set sparkles joyfully through the early light of dawn. The Sun of our Eternal Day quietly emerges over the horizon. Jesus is risen and with us! Death and sin no longer have dominion. Jesus is not in the tomb; risen, he has ascended into a new dimension of life as the cosmic Christ - the Lover of our souls. Christ is pouring out his Spirit into our body — so that where Christ is we may follow.
We are Christ’s body; Christ’s Spirit breathes in our spirits. On our journey through life and death, we travel with confidence and joyful love because Christ our Light, our Life, or Love, is drawing us with him into that new and everlasting dimension of life. Christ is our Eternal Day.
How is belief in Jesus different than belief in Christ?
Richard Rohr, a Franciscan monk and priest, says that ‘Christ is a much more inclusive title, which we so consistently tack onto the name Jesus that we think Jesus Christ is his full name! There is a wonderful and correct phraseology in Peter’s first sermon after the Pentecost event; he says, “Everyone in
When we believe in Jesus CHRIST, we are believing in something much bigger than just the historical Jesus. The entire sweep of the meaning of the anointed one includes us and includes all of creation. Many people have a personal relationship with Jesus, which is good. But at the same time, they may have almost no relationship with what Jesus had relationship with — which is the full Christ Mystery! Maybe this is the major reason that so much Christianity is so individualistic and sometimes even petty. We know and love Jesus but not Christ. “
Here is something to ponder in your heart today: Christ fills everything, everywhere with God’s presence.
Blessings in this Eastertide. Cindy
Richard Rohr’s quote is from his book: The Cosmic Christ
