concordantia

the truth is already out there, one can only hope to be embraced by it. it’s a subtle, yet intense feeling, to realize that everything’s in communion; that when one speaks, it is one voice; that when one lives, it is one life. we suffer the pains of the world, and suddenly we’re suffering with the world whole. it is in light of this concordance that Christianity understands redemption as an encounter with the past. — in light of the hereafter, salvation means salvation from a totalizing history, or the world as such; from necessity, displacement, bodily decay. its central tenet and mystery, that of the incarnation of God, speaks directly to this: from the moment God makes a man of Himself, He is punished for it. history is ruthless with the forsaken ones. and so in John 16,33 it is said that, “in this world you will have trouble. but take heart! I have overcome the world.” that the struggle for life is not in vain, despite death itself: this is the fundamental teaching of Christ. “all creatures express God. — Bonaventure said — what am I to do, but sing with all? for although the thick string of a guitar may not sound well by itself, it finds harmony with others”.