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(Prv.8:22-31;\xa0\xa0 Ps.8:2,4-9;\xa0\xa0 Rm.5:1-5;\xa0\xa0 Jn.16:12-15)\xa0 \u201cEverything that the Father has is mine.\u201d From the beginning Jesus is with the Father, one with the Father, the pure reflection of His being which cannot be separated from the substance of the Father.\xa0 Through Him all things were made, and indeed He is reflected in all things.\xa0 And it is by the power of the Holy Spirit, who takes from what is the Father\u2019s and Son\u2019s, that anything that comes to be comes to be. And man is the crown of the creation of this Most Holy Triumvirate.\xa0 It is He who is the purest reflection of the love of Father and Son brought to birth by the Holy Spirit.\xa0 It is he in whom the wisdom of God takes great delight.\xa0 And all the wonders of earth and heaven are put in our hands: \u201cYou have given him rule over the works of your hands, putting all things under his feet.\u201d But a greater gift than this earth has the Lord in store for us: it is a oneness with the one God which we could not have imagined, and still strive forward to see.\xa0 \u201cThe love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit\u201d; and that same Spirit, left to us by the Father and the Son, remains ever with us to bless and guide us to that magnificent vision of glory we hope one day to be able to bear in its fullness.\xa0 The Spirit declares unto us the beauty that will be, and calls us to prepare ourselves to receive it. And our afflictions do not deter us from attaining the promise of all truth; they do but strengthen us in our resolve as we conquer them day by day in the Spirit.\xa0 \u201cWe have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand,\u201d and our suffering shall not shake us \u2013 even Jesus\u2019 own leaving us does not hinder our journey to God, for we indeed have faith that His Spirit is with us and that His Spirit has all that is of Jesus, who has all that is of the Father\u2026 and so we have all things through Him. The first glory in which we were set is a marvel to behold, for His fingerprints are on all we see.\xa0 But the second glory to which we are now called is simply beyond words, ineffable as is our God.\xa0 Alleluia! Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Mirror of Knowledge" from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, may your Spirit find delight in us and we reflect your glory. YHWH, your love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, and we have peace with you by your only Son.\xa0 To what glory we are called, we in whom you take delight, we who are your own \u2013 the blessed creature upon whom your favor rests.\xa0 Your Wisdom is with us to guide us to all truth, to guide us even to you, and to all the graces you would pour upon us. All things of this earth you have placed under our feet, and we realize this honor through Christ your Son.\xa0 In Him we are crowned with great glory, for in Him you are well pleased, O LORD.\xa0 And so, in Him let us place all our hope. From the beginning you had us in mind, dear God; in your heart you held us well.\xa0 Though we did not exist from the beginning with you, Jesus did, and by your Spirit you would make us one with Him who is one with you.\xa0 And so we boast of the glory that is ours by faith.