"Michelangelo was asked how he could make a beautiful sculpture like
his 'Moses' out of a block of marble. His famous response was that he
simply chipped away everything that wasn’t 'Moses.'
"This is a paradigm for us in two senses.
"First, the Lord must chip away everything within us that is not Jesus.
Yes, everything that is not of the Lord must go. St. Paul said, 'I
live; no not I, Christ lives in me' (Gal 2:20). The Lord chips away all
in us that is not of Him, so that we may become the image of God in
Christ.
"Second, there is also a very personal sense. Not
only must we become Christ, but we must authentically become our very
selves. We are called to reflect Christ, but the Lord has made each of
us individually to reflect something particular about Him in a unique
way. You and I therefore must become the man or woman that God made us
to be."
In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish,
Washington, DC) reflected on God's sculpting each of us into the person He created us to be.
To access Msgr. Pope's complete post, please visit:
Community in Mission: Chipping Away Everything That Is Not of God or of You - A Meditation on God as Sculptor (28 APR 16)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment