He who is the Beloved Son of the Father is the one who is the adorer, who recognizes that the Father is the Creator. He wants to adore in the deepest and strongest sense, for he knows that, because of our pride, we have much trouble adoring, recognizing our total dependence towards God, towards our Creator. When we look at our Creator, we look at his omnipotence, we look at his authority and then we are afraid. Sin has made Adam afraid of God, and as soon as he heard the steps of God, as shown in this very simple and very modest language of Genesis, he ran away. Yet, if our attitude were right, as soon as we came into the presence of God, we would adore him and recognize that adoration, far from diminishing our heart, widens it and liberates it.
True liberation comes from the mystery of adoration.
God, while teaching us to adore and himself has wanted to adore in Jesus, frees us from ourselves. He makes us understand that, because our soul is created directly by God, we resemble God more than our own parents. Through adoration, we discover that we are very close to our Creator and are in the hands of God. Jesus wanted to teach us, in his way, this mystery of adoration. That's right, and I will look at two moments when Jesus teaches us what adoration is.