{"id":9610,"date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2025-10-05T20:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:37:02","slug":"we-are-one-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/en\/2025\/10\/06\/we-are-one-body\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are One Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We begin this week not as scattered souls trying to find our place,<br>but as one body\u2014already gathered, already held, already whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are not strangers.<br><em>Ephesians 2:19<\/em> says it plainly:<br>We are \u201cfellow citizens with God\u2019s people and members of His household.\u201d<br>This is not a metaphor. It\u2019s our reality.<br>We are family. We are home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Galatians 3:28<\/em> reminds us:<br>\u201cThere is neither Jew nor Greek\u2026 for you are all one in Christ Jesus.\u201d<br>We are not divided by background, by story, by role.<br>We are woven together by grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And <em>1 Corinthians 12<\/em> gives us the image we live by:<br>Many members. One body.<br>The hand, the eye, the foot, the heart\u2014each one essential.<br>Each one already here.<br>Already needed.<br>Already loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfb6 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gkvy2h9ttRk?si=hJspvEwtsOQVlEWc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We are one body<\/a>, one body in Christ,<\/em><br><em>and we do not stand alone\u2026<\/em><br>We sing this not as a hope, but as a truth.<br>We do not stand alone because we cannot.<br>We are held together by the Spirit,<br>fed by the same grace,<br>sent by the same Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfb6 <em>One bread, one body, one Lord of all,<\/em><br><em>one cup of blessing which we bless\u2026<\/em><br>For some, this song echoes the mystery of the Eucharist.<br>For others, it reflects the unity we share in Christ\u2019s redeeming work.<br>Either way, it\u2019s a song of belonging\u2014of being gathered and sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So this morning, we don\u2019t ask, \u201cDo I belong?\u201d<br>We say: <em>We are one.<\/em><br>We are already here.<br>Already gathered in grace.<br>Already chosen for love.<br>Already sent to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FG9T8UmN6VY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We begin this week not as scattered souls trying to find our place, but as one body\u2014already gathered, already held, already whole. We don\u2019t ask, \u201cDo I belong?\u201d We say: We are one. 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