This is my final advent reflection for 2009…<\/p>\n
What sort of body are you?
\nA busy-body
\nA lazy-body
\nA beautiful \u2013 body
\nYou see my body, not my mind, not my soul, not my heart, not my feelings
\nDoes any-body care?
\nEvery- body wants to be a some-body
\nNo-body wants to be a no-body
\nI am body \u2013 therefore I am<\/p>\n
\u201cThe soul does not war with the body; the soul loves the body\u201d – Meister Eckhart <\/p>\n
\u201cOur sensuality is a gift from God; in fact, \u201cGod is our sensuality\u201d \u2013 Julian of Norwich
\n \u201cYou need four hugs a day for survival, eight for maintenance, and twelve for growth\u201d
\nVirginia Satir <\/p>\n
And so finally we are left with body. A body theology majors in touch, in feelings, in the senses, in sensuality (the English word for Incarnation) in what touches us and moves us. Body theology grounds us in the now, in the present, in the moment and demands a rediscovery of the reverence of flesh and a reawakening of the body, the resurrection of the bodily. <\/p>\n
I wish you all a SENSUAL, embodied, Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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