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power of attraction begins with our watching the gestures of another person.
Persons reveal themselves with every physical movement of hands, face,
legs and the entire body itself. People are telling others about themselves
without even knowing it, simply by how they walk or carry their purse
or books. The more we are physical, the more we are available to
being known. Through gestures then we move from mystery into history.
When we are invited in the Spiritual Exercises to contemplate the life
of Jesus, we are urged to watch God move into our history by the
physical actions or gestures of the God-Made-Man, Jesus.
God
had made many attempts at attracting our attention and response through
the covenants with our Jewish ancestors. They were gestures which
began and continued through the centuries this courtship with
the human family. We now watch the increase of intensity with which
Jesus comes calling. If suspicion needs distance then our calculating-selves
need to allow Him to perform His drama of gestures before our eyes and
hearts. If prejudice needs the ignorance which distance provides, then
we allow Jesus to properly inform our minds and wills so as to be in
His troop.
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