Ignatian
Spirituality In Music
This Is Jesus
Jesus embraces our humanity, the very needs, hurts and limits our weary souls would flee. He graces our poverty with life, strength and the desire to heal others. Three gentle verses. SMATB
Lyric Outtake
You left the perfect splendor
of your Father’s throne.
Immanuel, you made our poverty your own.
Tiny babe a crying.
Outcast, criminal dying.
You felt our need and woundedness.
Refrain:
This is Jesus
who takes away the sin of the world.
This is Jesus, holy Jesus,
who calls us to the table of love.
Quotes to Consider
"Our God, unlimited in space and time, becomes limited and localized,
sleeping, eating, walking, and drinking with us… Jesus needs the
support of the twelve, the companionship of women, and the strength of
friendship when he experiences weakness; 'Could you not have stayed awake
with me for even an hour?'"Mt 26:40 (Conroy, 40)
"Satan's temptation is an assault on God's self-renunciation, an
enticement to strength, security and spiritual abundance; for these things
will obstruct God's saving approach to man in the dark robes of frailty
and weakness (Metz, 15).
"Only through poverty of spirit do men draw near to God; only through
it does God draw near to man. Poverty of spirit is the meeting point of
heaven and earth, the mysterious place where God and man encounter each
other, the point where infinite mystery meets concrete existence"
(Metz, 26).
"I can, for all my littleness, aspire to sanctity. It is impossible
for me to become bigger, so I must put up with myself as I am, with all
my imperfections." --Thérèsa of Lisieux (Tugwell, 223)
"Imperfection is the wound that lets God in" (Kurtz, 29).
(See "You Have Everything You Need" song for compatible quotes)
Scriptures for Meditation
| Jn 1: 1-18 | In the beginning…And the Word became flesh |
| Isa 9: 2-7 | Into the darkness, a child is born for us |
| Lk 1: 26-38 | You will conceive in your womb and bear a son |
| Phil 2: 3-11 | He emptied himself, taking the form of a slave |
| Lk 1: 26-38 | Let it be with me according to your word |
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