From Flesh to Flesh

“The foundation of (the) sacramental form in which the Gospel is transmitted is the Incarnation of the Word. The Spirit, who continually renews the deposit that has been transmitted, always acts within the framework inaugurated by the life of Jesus in the flesh.  Something analogous happens in marriage, where the loving relation of the spouses with the flesh does not limit their love, but rather, on  the contrary, makes possible its fruit in the child. To eliminate the reference to the flesh, in seeking to liberate tradition from formulas, commandments, and practices, is in reality to sterilize its capacity, as pure platonic love is sterile. Only the flesh is fertile, because it alone puts us in contact with the primordial source, God’s creative love, and because it alone generates from the perspective that unites human beings, and not from the perspective of the isolated decision of the sterile ‘ego.'”

José Granados, in Communio