The Ascension (woodcut detail), from The Small Passion series, by Albrecht Durer, 1511, British Museum
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THE COSMIC CHRIST
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As many mystics and saints throughout history have said, God created because God needed something to love. And then, to take this one step further, God created humans so that we could love God back freely. Robots cannot love. Now parallel this to your relationship with your own children. Your fondest desire, maybe at an unconscious level, when you conceived a child was to bring forth a love object. “I want to love this child in every way I can, and even have the desire that this child will love me in return. And the way I love them becomes their empowerment to love me back.”
Apply all this to God. I think this is why the reproductive process is given to us in this sequential way, so that we can experience the reciprocal character of love. God is creating an object of love that God can totally give Himself to, so that eventually we will be capable of freely loving Him back in the same way. Humans are like two-way mirrors, receiving and reflecting.
Adapted from The Cosmic Christ (CD, MP3)
Prayer:
My life is a joyful participation in the Cosmic Christ.
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