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And yet, ''church'' is something beyond this, something that is somehow related to the Body of the Risen Christ which He now, in some sense, occupies in Heaven and also on earth. The church, the people of God, have become part of His Body.
And yet, ''church'' is something beyond this, something that is somehow related to the Body of the Risen Christ which He now, in some sense, occupies in Heaven and also on earth. The church, the people of God, have become part of His Body.
[[File:Washington Cathedral.jpg|left|300px|Washington Cathedral]]
Our (i.e. Christians) nexus to His Body are the following: it is faith in Him our Savior that has initially brought us to the Body to join us togther with a real community and to Him. It is baptism which has brought us firmly into the life of the Spirit of the Body and Community. It is the communion with Him granted us at the table of the Lord in "Communion" that strengthens us for our life here on earth. It is the illumination and actual grace to help that comes to us in the hearing of His Word of Holy Scripture. It is in obeying that Word which we have heard that these weak and mortal bodies on earth receive Heaven's transforming power and new life, even as we live on earth awaiting His return. And it is in forgiving love, one member of the Body to another, that we experience the fullness of Jesus living with us in His Body on earth, the Church.
Our (i.e. Christians) nexus to His Body are the following: it is faith in Him our Savior that has initially brought us to the Body to join us togther with a real community and to Him. It is baptism which has brought us firmly into the life of the Spirit of the Body and Community. It is the communion with Him granted us at the table of the Lord in "Communion" that strengthens us for our life here on earth. It is the illumination and actual grace to help that comes to us in the hearing of His Word of Holy Scripture. It is in obeying that Word which we have heard that these weak and mortal bodies on earth receive Heaven's transforming power and new life, even as we live on earth awaiting His return. And it is in forgiving love, one member of the Body to another, that we experience the fullness of Jesus living with us in His Body on earth, the Church.