'Christo-aesthetic'

'In him [Christ] crucified and forsaken [though these are in fact different level elements that eminate in harmony from within the form of Christ alongside the promises of the New Age and resurrection (cf. von Balthasar, The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. 1, pp 199-204.] radiates the glory of the Trinity and within a 'Christo-aesthetic' measure all wordly being can be read anew.' (Fr. Brendan Leahy in Bede MacGregor O.P. and Thomas Norris (Ed.), The Beauty of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar, p 53. Comments in square brackets mine.)

Drink Offering

Life in Christ is not about the 'here' of inner musings, but the 'there' of social existing. It is made complete in a movement of ekstasis or even kenosis; a journey away from ourselves towards the other. I must abandon the project that is 'self-realization' or 'self-discovery' and see myself poured out onto the pavement for the sake of the other; the droplets of my life refreshing the thirsty.