Opening Prayer

• Lord Jesus Christ, you are the bread of life. You

alone can satisfy the hunger in my heart. May
we always find you, the true bread from heaven,
the source of life and nourishment we need to
sustain us on our journey to the promised land
of heaven. Amen.
God becomes one
with Us
Lesson 1b
 A. Scripture
• “In the beginning was the Word & the Word
was in God’s presence & He was God. He was
present to God in the beginning”. (John 1:1-2)
• “And the Word became flesh & made his
dwelling among us”. (John 1:14)
• These Scriptural passages declare that
Jesus is the God who became human.
• When Christ speaks, he reveals God
because he is himself God.
• The revealed is the revealer himself as it
is said, “Whoever has seen me has seen
the Father” (John 14:9).
 Accounts presenting the humanity of Jesus…

• Luke 2:12 – He was born in a manger wrapped in

swaddling clothes.
• Luke 4:2 – He was hungry.
• Luke 22:42 – He struggled to do his Father’s will.
• John 2:2 – He attended wedding celebrations.
• John 4:8 – He was thirsty.
• John 11:33-35 – He cried over the death of his
friend.
• John 18:17 – He was denied by his closest friends.
• Mark 1:17 – He made friends & became a leader.
• Matthew 4:1-11 – He was tempted.
• Matthew 8:20 – He got tired.
• Matthew 9:11-20 – He ate with the tax collectors &
sinners.
• Matthew 19:13 – He liked to be with little children.
• Matthew 26:38 – His heart was nearly broken with
sorrow.
• Jesus lived a truly human life. He was one with us in all
things.
• He experienced our joys & hopes, our grief & anxieties.
He was no stranger to the difficulties, frustrations,
uncertainties & fears we know too well.
• HE SHOWED US THAT AMIDST SUFFERING & IN
THE FACE OF DEATH, GOD’S LOVE PREVAILS.
TRULY, HE IS THE WORD MADE FLESH.
B. Church Teaching
Gaudium et Spes, #22
• For by his incarnation, the Son of God has
united himself in some fashion with every
man. He worked with human hands; he,
thought with human mind, acted by human
choices & loved with a human heart. Born
of the Virgin Mary, he has truly been made
one of us, like us in all things, except sin.
•His words & deeds embodied the
goodness, forgiveness&
compassion of God.
•He showed us how we must live
& how we could become truly &
fully human.
• By his incarnation, Jesus embraced all of our
human condition, except sin.
• He showed us how to live in the midst of joys &
tribulations.
• In Jesus, we come to know what it means to be
God’s image & likeness & to be loved by his
great unconditional love. Thus, “For God so loved
the world that he gave his only begotten Son…” (John
3:16)
SUMMARY OF THE KEY
POINTS
•The incarnation, God
becoming human in Jesus
Christ, is God’s supreme act
of love for us.
•Jesus’ life & relationship
show us that he truly God
becoming one with us, except
sin.
•Jesus has taught us what it
means to be truly human
through his goodness, forgiveness
& compassion.