all that i am

Jesus Is Pure of Heart

Jesus, the Beloved of God, has a pure heart.  Having a pure heart means willing
one thing.  Jesus wanted only to do the will of his heavenly Father.  Whatever Jesus
did or said, he did and said it as the obedient Son of God:  "What I say is what
 the Father has taught me; he who sent me is with me, and has not left me to myself,
for I always do what pleases him"  (John 8:28-29).   There are no divisions in Jesus'
heart, no double motives or secret intentions.  In Jesus there is complete inner
 unity because of his complete unity with God.

Becoming like Jesus is growing into purity of heart.  That purity is what gave Jesus
and will give us true spiritual vision.

St. Bonaventure, building on the Incarnation of God in Jesus and Francis’ love of all nature, saw the “traces” or “footprints” of God in everything. The whole world was also the “incarnation” of the God mystery, and indeed the very “Body of God” (Romans 8:19-22). Jesus is the microcosm of the macrocosm, the hologram of the whole, the corporate personality for humanity—in other words, the stand-in for everything and everyone else (see Colossians 1:15-20). “The journey of the soul into God,” as Bonaventure put it, was to learn how to see the unity of all being, how to look for this partially hidden God, and how to honor those footprints everywhere once you could see them. It was surrender to gratitude—and also to immense confidence that you were a part of something very good. The result was a continuous life of appreciation and reverence, non-consumption, and simple joy—while still living a very busy life in the world! These were the hallmarks of Franciscan spirituality.