Looking into His Loving Gaze
Joshua Elzner
There is nothing more intimate than the breathtaking union that blossoms between the human heart and God…this beautiful exchange of loving looks that allows hearts themselves to communicate and to be woven together in a single life of love. This is God's ultimate and all-encompassing desire: to enfold each one of his precious children within the tenderness of his cradling embrace, and, within this embrace, to make all of us one with each other in the single Mystery of his all-encompassing Love.
Whenever I encounter such an amazing, awe-inspiring Love, I am profoundly healed in the innermost recesses of my being, and my life itself is bathed in a radiant and beautiful light. Yes, I find the true and deepest meaning of my life in being God's beloved, in letting my existence unfold in childlike playfulness and joy, as I welcome each moment as a gift of his Love and entrust myself totally to him in return. Indeed, all created things begin to reveal the radiant light of the Beloved's countenance, shining through the veil that has been stretched thin by God's own prodigal generosity.
In response to this awesome gift—and cradled always in this Love from which, as Jesus said, nothing can snatch me away (cf. Jn 10:28-29)—my heart dilates and expands to love in return. I have spoken much about "heart-healing" throughout these meditations, about the healing that occurs when my searching gaze encounters the loving and cherishing gaze of God, when my thirst encounters God's even more ardent thirst for me. And from this springs forth the fragrant flower and succulent fruit of adoration, in which my heart, amazed at the Beauty of the One who looks upon me in such a way, who touches me so tenderly and lovingly, cries out in gratitude and jubilation. I have spoken about the spontaneous desire to pour oneself out as a perfume of love upon the sacred Body of Jesus, simply in order to praise him who is worthy of all praise, to love him who is infinitely lovable.
Duration - 4h 49m.
Author - Joshua Elzner.
Narrator - Catherine Guilbeau.
Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2018 Joshua Elzner ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
There is nothing more intimate than the breathtaking union that blossoms between the human heart and God…this beautiful exchange of loving looks that allows hearts themselves to communicate and to be woven together in a single life of love. This is God's ultimate and all-encompassing desire: to enfold each one of his precious children within the tenderness of his cradling embrace, and, within this embrace, to make all of us one with each other in the single Mystery of his all-encompassing Love. Whenever I encounter such an amazing, awe-inspiring Love, I am profoundly healed in the innermost recesses of my being, and my life itself is bathed in a radiant and beautiful light. Yes, I find the true and deepest meaning of my life in being God's beloved, in letting my existence unfold in childlike playfulness and joy, as I welcome each moment as a gift of his Love and entrust myself totally to him in return. Indeed, all created things begin to reveal the radiant light of the Beloved's countenance, shining through the veil that has been stretched thin by God's own prodigal generosity. In response to this awesome gift—and cradled always in this Love from which, as Jesus said, nothing can snatch me away (cf. Jn 10:28-29)—my heart dilates and expands to love in return. I have spoken much about "heart-healing" throughout these meditations, about the healing that occurs when my searching gaze encounters the loving and cherishing gaze of God, when my thirst encounters God's even more ardent thirst for me. And from this springs forth the fragrant flower and succulent fruit of adoration, in which my heart, amazed at the Beauty of the One who looks upon me in such a way, who touches me so tenderly and lovingly, cries out in gratitude and jubilation. I have spoken about the spontaneous desire to pour oneself out as a perfume of love upon the sacred Body of Jesus, simply in order to praise him who is worthy of all praise, to love him who is infinitely lovable. Duration - 4h 49m. Author - Joshua Elzner. Narrator - Catherine Guilbeau. Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024. Copyright - © 2018 Joshua Elzner ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
01. I Am What You See in Me
Duration:00:11:31
02. Blossoming within Belovedness
Duration:00:21:43
03. To Be a Child, a Spouse, and a Parent
Duration:00:09:21
04. A Heart Opened by Love
Duration:00:16:37
05. Joy Becomes Compassion and Mercy
Duration:00:08:14
06. Transformed in the Light of His Gaze
Duration:00:08:42
07. Those Healing Eyes of Love
Duration:00:15:55
08. Seeing and Abiding: Two Movements in the Flow of Love
Duration:00:10:51
09. Bathed in the Light of His Face
Duration:00:17:21
10. He Who Sees Me Sees the Father
Duration:00:16:41
11. To Be Pure as He is Pure
Duration:00:14:06
12. Opening My Heart to the Healing Touch of God
Duration:00:19:32
13. The Victory of Weakness: Poverty Transformed into a Space of Grace
Duration:00:25:30
14. Dilated by the Touch of Mystery: The True Wealth of Christian Poverty
Duration:00:15:28
15. Interior Openness: "Indifference" as the Simple Trust of a Child
Duration:00:10:52
16. Receiving the Gift of Love: The True Freedom of Christian Obedience
Duration:00:15:22
17. The Risk of Love: How Obedience Opens the Way to Deeper Intimacy
Duration:00:18:35
18. Irradiated by the Light of His Eyes: The Beauty of Christian Chastity
Duration:00:09:23
19. To See and to Hold: How Chastity Restores the Nakedness of Love
Duration:00:11:16
20. Set Me as a Seal Upon Your Heart: The Meaning of Intercessory Prayer
Duration:00:11:40
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:12