Today's meditation: the fullness of divinity

The goodness and humanity of God our Savior were manifested (cf. Tit 2,11:1,1). We thank God who makes us enjoy such a great consolation in our pilgrimage of exiles, in our misery. Before humanity appeared, goodness was hidden: yet it was there even before, because God's mercy is from eternity. But how could you know that it is so big? It was a promise, but it did not make itself heard, and therefore it was not believed by many. Many times and in different ways the Lord spoke in the prophets (cf. Heb 29,11: 33,7). I - he said - have thoughts of peace, not of affliction (cf. Jer 53,1:XNUMX). But what did the man answer, feeling the affliction and not knowing the peace? Until when you say: Peace, peace, and peace is not there? For this reason the announcers of peace wept bitterly (cf. Is XNUMX) saying: Lord, who believed our announcement? (cf. Is XNUMX).
But now at least men believe after they have seen, because God's testimony has become fully credible (cf. Ps 92,5: 18,6). In order not to remain hidden even from the troubled eye, he has placed his tabernacle in the sun (cf. Ps XNUMX).
Here is peace: not promised, but sent; not deferred, but donated; not prophesied, but present. God the Father has sent to earth a sack, so to speak, full of his mercy; a sack that was torn to pieces during the passion so that the price that enclosed our ransom might come out; certainly a small sack, but full, if we have been given a Small (cf. Is 9,5) in which however "the fullness of divinity dwells bodily" (Col 2,9). When the fullness of time came, the fullness of divinity also came.
God came in the flesh to reveal himself also to men who are of flesh, and to recognize his goodness by manifesting himself in humanity. God manifesting himself in man, his goodness can no longer be hidden. What better proof of his goodness could he give than by taking on my flesh? Just mine, not the flesh that Adam had before the guilt.
Nothing shows his mercy more than having assumed our own misery. Lord, who is this man to care for him and to turn your attention to him? (cf. Ps 8,5; Heb 2,6).
From this let man know how much God cares about him, and know what he thinks and feels about him. Don't ask, man, what you suffer, but what he suffered. From what he came to for you, recognize how much you are worth to him, and you will understand his goodness through his humanity. As he made himself small by becoming incarnate, so he showed himself great in goodness; and it is all the more dear to me the more it is lowered for me. The goodness and humanity of God our Savior were manifested - says the Apostle - (cf. Tt 3,4). Certainly great is the goodness of God and certainly a great proof of goodness he has given by joining divinity with humanity.