Is tabernacling a word? Bishop Robert Barron uses it in his last reflection, in his book, Advent Gospel Reflections:
...The Word becoming flesh is God coming to dwell definitely in his world, undoing the effects of sin, and turning it into what it was always meant to be. Notice, too, what we see in the wake of this tabernacling: "and we saw his glory, the glory of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth."
Tabernacling begins with the Incarnation. The Incarnation is when Jesus was conceived as man. The Incarnation is when He became One with us, mankind. We are conceived within our mothers' wombs, as was He. Jesus' Mother Mary became His tabernacle. As a human being, Jesus what all the scriptures said. All those words became Jesus.
This is the tabernacling of Jesus. His life among us. His saving us. His redeeming us. His glory. Not only is this wondrous; it is life forever for us.
...The Word becoming flesh is God coming to dwell definitely in his world, undoing the effects of sin, and turning it into what it was always meant to be. Notice, too, what we see in the wake of this tabernacling: "and we saw his glory, the glory of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth."
Tabernacling begins with the Incarnation. The Incarnation is when Jesus was conceived as man. The Incarnation is when He became One with us, mankind. We are conceived within our mothers' wombs, as was He. Jesus' Mother Mary became His tabernacle. As a human being, Jesus what all the scriptures said. All those words became Jesus.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.
This is the tabernacling of Jesus. His life among us. His saving us. His redeeming us. His glory. Not only is this wondrous; it is life forever for us.
From His fullness we have all received, grace, life fulfilling grace.
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