What has come into being in him was life" (Jn. "All things came into being through him," John says, "and. And the gospel goes on to identify that Word with Christ. "In the beginning was the Word," we hear from the first verse of the gospel of John today. That idea already connects us with our gospel reading for today, this first Sunday after Christmas. He's often called just "Teilhard." He's perhaps best known for his idea of the "Omega Point," the ultimate reunion with Christ towards which the entire universe is evolving, he declared. That's a quotation from the Catholic thinker, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. We're spiritual beings having a human experience. We're not human beings having a spiritual experience. But it's memorable once you get the logic of it. If you've seen it, then you know it's pretty long to read on a bumper sticker on the back of someone's car. You might also have seen it on a poster, or one of those websites that presents itself as spiritual but not religious. Have you seen one of those New Age bumper stickers? I'm thinking of the one that begins: Invocation: May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts be always acceptable in your sight, O Lord my strength and our redeemer (Paraphrase, Ps.19.14).
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