Our Father

Have you ever stopped to meditate on just remarkable it is to have the great honor and privilege of calling God Father?

We do this not out of right, the way a child addresses his natural father. We do this as adoptive children, through Jesus Christ.

Before the Incarnation and Resurrection, who could call God Father? Only the Son, it seems, insofar as He is the Father's only begotten Son before all time (I suppose the Holy Spirit could call God Father as well, but it's a little more difficult to conceptualize).

And now we can call God Father! We, miserable sinners. It's almost as if, because of our adoption in Christ, we're able to take a tiny step into the Trinity itself. God is no longer just Lord and Master. We can refer to Him as the Son does. Father.

Similarly, we can refer to Christ in much the same way as the Father does. The Son is not only the Father's Son, after all. He is the Son of Man.

Once again, some of the honors of the Trinity seem to have been, through boundless economy and Grace, bestowed upon men.

I think this is the beginning and foundation of theosis. We can achieve Union with God because we can peer into the Trinity, unworthy as we are, and share the privileges of the Father and Son.

Our Father, Who art in Heaven. The Son of Man.

Beautiful. Glory to God in the Highest!

[Forgive me if this is at all heretical or otherwise nonsense. The though, which is probably not at all original, occurred to me not too long ago, and it's rather exciting.]