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that it can be a long and at times tough process. Yet it is worth it. And
the more I am my true self, the more I can bring glory to God. It is his
grace, at work in me that makes me the person I am and only I can be. It
can be frightening for the temptation is always there to walk in the footsteps
of somebody else, it is much safer and one is not too controversial and
not vulnerable. Yet I believe that Jesus was very unique, very non-conventional.
a real revolutionary, a man who deeply believed in His own mission, given
to Him by His Father. And the secret of his "individuation", his uniqueness
is His closeness with God the Father. In the Gospel of St. John, Jesus
claims more than two hundred times that intimate relationship with the
Father, culminating in words like:
"The Father and I are one..."
Jn. 10:30
"Father is in me and I am
in the Father..." Jn. 10:38
Jesus was...and is a strong
personality, with a deep sense of his "self", his individuality so much
so that he handles the doctors of the law at the age of 12, so much so
that not being a "scholar" who had any academical training. He was not
afraid of speaking out his mind, his understanding of the law, confronting
the highest authorities in the field so much so that He was willing to
suffer and to die for what He believed in, even when He had to go this
way alone, abandoned by everybody...
"Listen the time will come,
in fact it has come already when you will be scattered, each going his
own way, and leaving me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father
is with me." Jn. 16:32
Hence my journey could be
summarized in three words: Admiration, Identification and Individuation. |
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