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Something struck me this morning at prayer and I am hoping I can explain it and it is connected to this meditation.
In the times of Jesus, many who saw Him could not understand what He was saying, nor looking upon this quite ordinary looking man could they insight The Divine. I can sometimes reflect that if I were there, I would have been one to understand it all…but would I?.. do I:?
We, today, can be very much the same with Scripture, The Sacraments and the Indwelling Blessed Trinity…e.g. Some can sight the Tabernacle, even go to Holy Communion - but cannot see The Reality present. Some are finding great difficulties with The Sacrament of Penance because they cannot see The Merciful Loving Jesus present there. We have eyes that see - but we cannot see. We need to pray “Lord that we might see, Lord that we might hear” and in very many ways.
The Church explains to us in many different ways Scripture, The Sacraments and the Indwelling Blessed Trinity…and we hear but cannot hear. We look but cannot see. We see what is there - but yet we cannot see. In another thread, here (see note below) quoted Thomas Merton - that our holy desires are sufficient for The Lord …and they are because only He can fulfill them. To desire, and desire ardently is a gift of Grace too, as is the fulfillment of those desires. All is Grace! We need to ardently desire to truly hear and to truly see…“Lord take my heart of stone, and grant me one of flesh” (I first really heard these words during Lent a few years ago)…grant me ardent desires - a heart that burns within me of desire (“did our hearts not burn within on the road to Emmaus?” - as Jesus walked with them and explained Scripture and opened their eyes and ears to see and hear)…Prior to that particular Lent, I was hearing - but could not hear - until my ears were opened to that verse.
“Lord that I might see”…“when Lord may I enter and see Your Face?”…
Pheww…I hope all that was not too confusing!
Blessings…Barb
Note: The whole thread by NCJohn “Mercy rather than Sacrifice” is worth the read: here
In the times of Jesus, many who saw Him could not understand what He was saying, nor looking upon this quite ordinary looking man could they insight The Divine. I can sometimes reflect that if I were there, I would have been one to understand it all…but would I?.. do I:?
We, today, can be very much the same with Scripture, The Sacraments and the Indwelling Blessed Trinity…e.g. Some can sight the Tabernacle, even go to Holy Communion - but cannot see The Reality present. Some are finding great difficulties with The Sacrament of Penance because they cannot see The Merciful Loving Jesus present there. We have eyes that see - but we cannot see. We need to pray “Lord that we might see, Lord that we might hear” and in very many ways.
The Church explains to us in many different ways Scripture, The Sacraments and the Indwelling Blessed Trinity…and we hear but cannot hear. We look but cannot see. We see what is there - but yet we cannot see. In another thread, here (see note below) quoted Thomas Merton - that our holy desires are sufficient for The Lord …and they are because only He can fulfill them. To desire, and desire ardently is a gift of Grace too, as is the fulfillment of those desires. All is Grace! We need to ardently desire to truly hear and to truly see…“Lord take my heart of stone, and grant me one of flesh” (I first really heard these words during Lent a few years ago)…grant me ardent desires - a heart that burns within me of desire (“did our hearts not burn within on the road to Emmaus?” - as Jesus walked with them and explained Scripture and opened their eyes and ears to see and hear)…Prior to that particular Lent, I was hearing - but could not hear - until my ears were opened to that verse.
“Lord that I might see”…“when Lord may I enter and see Your Face?”…
Pheww…I hope all that was not too confusing!
Blessings…Barb
Note: The whole thread by NCJohn “Mercy rather than Sacrifice” is worth the read: here
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BarbaraTherese
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Another Sacrament that we look upon it has occurred to me … but cannot see often is our Baptism. Baptism is amongst many things our primary call and vocation from God bound by vows. It is a call and vocation to a specific way of life. I’ll chase up a link that gives an explanation of our Baptism - for myself too.
Edit: A quck look indeed at the Catholic Catechism and at the internet seems to indicate that it may take a bit of time to put something together on Baptism. May start a new thread on it once I feel I have something worth posting and then cross reference a link to that thread into this one.
Edit: A quck look indeed at the Catholic Catechism and at the internet seems to indicate that it may take a bit of time to put something together on Baptism. May start a new thread on it once I feel I have something worth posting and then cross reference a link to that thread into this one.
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BarbaraTherese
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Decided to confine information collated on Baptism from three sources to this thread.
Because we have restricted the word “vocation” to mean the priesthood or religious life, it has tended to obscure the fact that our Baptism is our primary vocation, and we are bound to it by vows, which we renew every Easter and in our parish with every baptism. I am unsure if this latter applies everywhere.
Because we have restricted the word “vocation” to mean the priesthood or religious life, it has tended to obscure the fact that our Baptism is our primary vocation, and we are bound to it by vows, which we renew every Easter and in our parish with every baptism. I am unsure if this latter applies everywhere.
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