See God's Presence in All of Humanity

God is present throughout all of creation. Humans are created in the image and likeness of God (Gen 1:27). Jesus calls us to experience the same oneness with God that Jesus experienced. As Jesus prayed, "As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us . . . so that they may be one as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one" (John 17:21-23).

You are created to experience your true life, your genuine identity, your deepest meaning, your fullest purpose, your ultimate value in an intimate, loving union with God at the core of your being. . . . The oneness Jesus prays for us to experience is a union with God that is the same as his union with God in his revelation of true humanness in the image of God.^*

We can learn from St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who teaches,

I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve becuase I love Jesus.

We are all interconnected with one another through Christ. As Christ says, "Truly, I tell you, whatever you do for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me" (Matthew 25:40, NIV).

When you look at another human being, do you seek to "see" God's Presence at the core of their being?

* M. Robert Mulholland, Jr., The Deeper Journey: The Spirituality of Discovering Your True Self (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006), 27.