Evening: Psalms 125, 126; Luke 2:41-52
Like any adolescent human, Jesus stays behind in Jerusalem without his parents’ knowledge. When they find him, he asks, “What’s the problem?” One mistake in Christianity is to over-spiritualize Jesus and obscure his humanity. But Jesus is a real human being. Gregory of Nazianzus, a 4th-century bishop affirmed, “Jesus couldn’t help humanity to be healed if he was not human.” Being human is not about being messed up; when we think that, it leads us to excuses like: “I’m only human.” Being human is dignity and grace. Jesus lives a truly human life. He invites us to live humanly too.
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