Thursday, December 27, 2018

Jesus invites us to live humanly

Morning: Psalms 148, 149, 150; Isaiah 25:1-9; Colossians 1:11-19
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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