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The Mind of Christ
The love of God will stretch your love beyond your physical capacities. The expansion of the tent of your heart is a most painful process. You have to choose to love those most difficult to love. You must always choose love, patience, and tenderness, and never give in to anger and resentment. The tenderness of God was manifested through My hands. The healing grace of God was transmitted through My hands. I need you to be My hands and to transmit the healing grace of God to your spouses, children, and many. It is My tenderness that heals the harshness and hardness of hearts. Radiate My tenderness
The Love Crucified Community. The Simple Path to Union with God (pp. 281-282). Kindle Edition.
The Mind of Christ
“The mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16) is one of the most daring statements in all of Scripture. Paul is not speaking about imitation alone, nor about moral effort, nor even about intellectual understanding. He is speaking about sharing in Christ’s own interior disposition—His way of seeing, judging, loving, and surrendering.
To speak of the Mind of Christ is to speak of the inner life of the Son, the very consciousness with which He lived His earthly life and offered Himself to the Father. This is not a metaphor. It is a participation. Christ desires to shape His life within us, each according to our capacity. This unfolding is gradual, often painful, because love always makes itself vulnerable to the sufferings and struggles of others.
As we slowly learn and experience God’s love for us, we become able to love ourselves with greater honesty and freedom. This allows us to open our interior to the gaze of infinite compassion. The more we receive that gaze, the more we can lift others up without fear or defensiveness.
Self-knowledge, held within the awareness of Jesus’ love for me—for us, for all—loosens the need to gossip, to argue, or to protect ourselves through judgment. One of the fruits of true self-knowledge is a deeper understanding of the human condition. We begin to see how universal our struggles are, and this recognition brings a surprising measure of inner peace.—Br. MD
