Thoughts on Body Image & Christ’s Transfiguration
Walking up to the little corner of the church, my hand clutching a small post-it note of scribbled sins, my heart starts to beat a little faster. I’m a little nervous, though I don’t know why. I have done this many times before. Perhaps my soul realizes what my mind does not yet -- the weight of the Sacrament in which I am about to participate: Holy Confession.
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Your journey in bodily health does not have to be a separate path from acquiring a healthy soul. To quote St. Gregory Palamas, “Man as God’s image is body and soul, and they interact and ascend toward God.” The two paths actually intertwine and support each other quite beautifully.