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The theme of the desire of the Creator and the creature to be Father and son is strong in the texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary. This movement of the Divine toward the temporal and finite is difficult to comprehend. The promise of Jesus is revealed in John’s Gospel that “In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places.” (John 14:2) It is the Spirit in communion with the indwelling Spirit that allows this assurance of desire of God as the psalmist proclaims ““You are my Son; today I have begotten you.” “John Paul II on the passage from John