For me, to live is Christ, to live is Christ, to live is Christ, to die is gain.1
The Heavenly Father sees me in His All-Holy Son when I live and walk in the likeness of His Son, when I act and look in the manner of His Son, when I empty myself of self to invite and attract His Son to find a resting place in me and abide in me.
The Son compels, “Abide in Me and I in you.”2 He requests all-lovingly, “Enter, remain, be inside of Me, within Me. Let Me encompass you and rest in Me. Would you also offer Me a place to rest inside you? Would you offer Me a comforting atmosphere and a pleasing aroma, that would soothe My throbbing heart which is lovesick for mankind, for whom I emptied Myself utterly?!”
Here, the Father sees the Son and cries, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased! In My Son I see also and am pleased with all those who have entered into Him and abide in Him! I bless you, O precious souls, who have offered a resting place for My beloved Son to abide in you. You have offered yourselves to Him, and He enters you into His holy offering—the offering of the sacrifice of Himself for the sake of all.”
How marvelous! How mystical!
Σε ευχαριστώ, Θεέ μου!
Thank You, O my God!
Efcharisto for Your Eucharistic mystery of union with mankind!