tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post729195781277968493..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Seeing, Not ContemplatingBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-24085573532059125712010-05-04T10:12:41.501-04:002010-05-04T10:12:41.501-04:00And quite honestly, I don't know if my comment...And quite honestly, I don't know if my comment actually advanced the conversation, or if I just like to hear myself type.Ad Abolendamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-56174153116998132592010-05-04T10:10:14.670-04:002010-05-04T10:10:14.670-04:00Perhaps "gaze" would be a better choice?...Perhaps "gaze" would be a better choice? Honestly, I don't think "see" would count as dynamic equivalence, since "contemplor" conceivably includes that choice. Consider Job 39:29: God is reminding Job about the wonders of creation and says of the eagle in its nest, "inde contemplatur escam et de longe oculi eius prospiciunt [from there it sees food and its eyes watch from afar.]" (Humorously, this passage gets used in some medieval spiritual literature.)Ad Abolendamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-76775229856953436402010-05-03T15:36:59.374-04:002010-05-03T15:36:59.374-04:00Love it! Thanks for the comment, which is a saluta...Love it! Thanks for the comment, which is a salutary corrective.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-55912037125431395212010-05-03T15:33:49.360-04:002010-05-03T15:33:49.360-04:00sed contra,
Jesus spoke those words to Philip who...sed contra, <br />Jesus spoke those words to Philip who was seeing Him then and there with his sense of sight. <br />Our seeing of Jesus - unless granted a special grace - is not with physical eyes. <br />"Seeing" carries over the literal sense of the biblical passage, (not the Latin typical prayer), but is less meanignful for us who are called to contemplate or meditate upon Christ, for we cannot see Him as He is with our sense of sight. Even He had said to St. Thomas, "Blessed are they who do not see and yet believe."Viator Catholicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15204415401649604636noreply@blogger.com