Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Daily Meditation: The Created Order as Sacrament

Henri Nouwen Society - Daily Meditation
The Created Order as Sacrament - from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey

When God took on flesh in Jesus Christ, the uncreated and the created, the eternal and the temporal, the divine and the human became united.  This unity meant that all that is mortal now points to the immortal, all that is finite now points to the infinite.  In and through Jesus all creation has become like a splendid veil, through which the face of God is revealed to us.

This is called the sacramental quality of the created order.  All that is is sacred because all that is speaks of God's redeeming love.  Seas and winds, mountains and trees, sun, moon, and stars, and all the animals and people have become sacred windows offering us  glimpses of God.

- Henri J. M. Nouwen

For further reflection...

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies [proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.  There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard." - Psalm 19: 1-3 (NIV)
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.
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