Quotes of the Day for April 21, 2026 – Thoughts on honoring our bodies and those of others because of Christ
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“We must never forget that Christ was Himself the Word of God, in the sense that He was expressive wisdom itself, whose expressions carried the force of actions. His utterances were at one and the same time word and action. The activity of His body was the direct consequence of the activity of His mind.” (Matthew the Poor)
“A true and faithful practice of the Christian faith should be grounded in the body and in the givenness of life. Biology is not our enemy nor is it something to be overcome. It is the vehicle of our existence. Our hope of the resurrection is not something lived apart from the body, but sees the biological raised and transformed to the dignity of eternity. In the Incarnation, God has made us “blood brothers.” We are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. Our humanity, in the most concrete and literal form, has been united irrevocably with Him.” (Father Stephen Freeman)
“Jesus goes out of his way in Mark’s Gospel to show His disciples that He is incarnate after His death and resurrection. His death and resurrection have not undone the incarnation. Jesus has a body, he eats to prove his physicality. He is not a ghost. He did not become incarnate only then to become a spirit. His body and our bodies are resurrected and given eternal life. His body and our bodies are included in salvation. His body underwent some kind of transformation as ours will, but the body is included in salvation.” (Fr. Ted Bobosh)
“The Lord’s resurrection reveals the great dignity of the human body, which is destined for heavenly glory. Salvation is not an escape from the physical dimensions of our lives but requires our purification and fulfillment as whole persons united to Christ. True faith in the Savior demands that we offer every aspect of our existence to Him for healing and transformation, holding nothing back. Even as He healed the sick and fed the hungry, the most obvious practices of faithfulness involve caring for people in their bodily weaknesses and infirmities. By showing tangible signs of mercy for our neighbors, we also touch the wounds of Christ, for He is present to us in everyone in need.” (Fr. Philip LeMasters)
“Beauty is Jesus, and that is who we’re asked to follow, to work with in the midst of darkness. Beauty is the feeding of the hungry and the shelter of the fragile. It’s supremely practical and ever idealistic. Beauty is a garden planted not as a refusal to deal with the vagaries of the modern world, but the means by which to feed and heal them. Beauty is a story told not as an escape from conflict, but the means by which narrate ourselves into the acts of kindness, of care, of bravery we might otherwise struggle to offer. Beauty is our refusal to believe in the worthlessness of anyone, to cherish the tender, God-made gift of each human body, each human soul, to challenge the impulse to disdain even in ourselves.” (Sarah Clarkson)