are united with Christ, at one with Him. We have died with Him; we have risen with Him. Christ lives in us. It is not that one day Christ will live in us; it is now. We taste eternity now. Throughout the centuries and across world faiths, mystics stress the immediacy of God. Eternal life is not something we inherit at death: eternity is now. In the Gospel of St John, Jesus told His disciples, in me as I ‘Abide abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.’ Like Moses, we are stop, look, gaze, be silent, listen, and learn that we are in God and God is in us, in each of us: you and me. Throughout His ministry, no matter the numerous demands He faced, Jesus stopped, sought the solitude of the mountain, and soaked Himself in the silence and beauty He could find nowhere else. Jesus prayed early in the morning as the sun rose and in the darkness of night He sought the companionship of God. Jesus prayed before and after the great events of His life: at His baptism, before choosing the twelve disciples, at the Transfiguration, at the Last Supper; and at the times when He was overwhelmed, in the Garden of Gethsemane
are united with Christ, at one with Him. We have died with Him; we have risen with Him. Christ lives in us. It is not that one day Christ will live in us; it is now. We taste eternity now. Throughout the centuries and across world faiths, mystics stress the immediacy of God. Eternal life is not something we inherit at death: eternity is now. In the Gospel of St John, Jesus told His disciples, ‘Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.’ Like Moses, we are stop, look, gaze, be silent, listen, and learn that we are in God and God is in us, in each of us: you and me. Throughout His ministry, no matter the numerous demands He faced, Jesus stopped, sought the solitude of the mountain, and soaked Himself in the silence and beauty He could find nowhere else. Jesus prayed early in the morning as the sun rose and in the darkness of night He sought the companionship of God. Jesus prayed before and after the great events of His life: at His baptism, before choosing the twelve disciples, at the Transfiguration, at the Last Supper; and at the times when He was overwhelmed, in the Garden of Gethsemane
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