In her remarkable first book, "God Dwells With Us: Temple
Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel, " Mary L. Coloe, P.B.V.M., explored
the profound insight of John's Gospel expressed in Jesus '
invitation to his disciples: Make your home in me, as I make mine
in you (John 15:4). For the gospel's author and audience, the
dwelling of God among humans was, above al, the Jerusalem Temple.
The gospel traces how 'after the trauma of the destruction of the
Temple 'the Johannine community came to expand and deepen its
knowledge of God's dwelling among humans, finding it now in the
person of Jesus and in the community of believers.
"Dwelling in the Household of God "moves us from seeing God's
dwelling place as the Temple to seeing God's dwelling place within
the community of believers. The starting point now is an image in
John 14:2: my Father's house, which is given its Old Testament
meaning of my father's household. Our awareness thus moves, like
that of the first Christians, from understanding My father's house
as the Temple (John 2:16) to My Father's Household as a community
of believers drawn into Jesus ' own divine filiation. Coloe invites
us to re-read the gospel from the post-Easter perspective of those
who have become brothers and sisters of Jesus and living Temples of
God's presence. What emerges is nothing less than a profound
mysticism of the mutual indwelling of God and believers."Mary
Coloe, PBVM, DTh, holds a joint teaching position at the Australian
Catholic University and St Paul's Seminary, Brisbane. Her
publications include numerous articles and "God Dwells With Us:
Temple Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel" (Liturgical Press,
2001).
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