Connections
The Response: Aflame — Jessica
I really like what you said, Cheryl, about the conversation between books. And it does lead to fascinating connections, although sometimes, I must admit, it makes my head spin!
When I picked up the book that my Dominican lay group will be reading for our next couple of meetings, I was dumbstruck at the connections that I could pull from the following passages:
…consider what the Church does see when she looks at the Universe. For one thing, she sees all things whatsoever held in existence from moment to moment by nothing but the continuing will of God that they should not cease to be. When she sees anything at all, in the same act she sees God holding it in existence. Do we?
Seeing God everywhere and all things upheld by Him is not a matter of sanctity, but of plain sanity, because God is everywhere and all things are upheld by Him. What we do about it may be sanctity; but merely seeing it is sanity. To overlook God’s presence is not simply to be irreligious; it is a kind of insanity, like overlooking anything else that is actually there.
Frank Sheed Theology and Sanity
Jessica, that is a powerful passage, and it gets straight to the heart of so much that I’ve been ruminating on (we’ve been ruminating on?). Conversations from last night and this morning — everything, it seems — keep circling round the same questions and observations about God, beauty, truth, and art. I’m so happy we’re in this together.
Now, about that image: it is amazing! It speaks of fire and purification, light in the darkness, and a destination filled with light. I’d have to say that you’ve created a metaphor, and it’s powerful.