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brian
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Posted: Wed Aug 29th, 2007 02:23 pm |
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I am someone who endorses Eucharsitic adoration. But when I see the Eucharist on television while watchging mass on EWTN or someone gives me a prayer card with a picture of the Eucharist on it, what is to be my attitude then? Do I adore the Eucharist through the TV screen or photograph? It is after all Jesus' real presence that I am looking at. Yet all I am looking into is a screen or a piece of paper which is incapable of being fully dwelt by divinty in the same way the Eucharist itself is. So when I watch mass should I direct worship toward the elements the same way I would if I were present at the mass?
It is interesting because I know that they had to finally decide that it was ok to paint images of Jesus because he was really human and among us, yet a picture of Jesus is still clearly an image to direct love towaard, but a picturee of the Eucharist is literally Jesus himself.
Brian
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Wed Aug 29th, 2007 04:53 pm |
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You can liken it to the image of Jesus or a saint. That image is not the real thing. But through it you come to honor the saint or adore Jesus in their reality. The same thing is true with a televised image. It serves as a symbol of the reality it represents; it is not itself that reality. I find it quite easy to worship the real host many miles away through seeing its image displayed in front of me. But then I’ve been Catholic for a while; that may make a difference in how “easy” it is, for it does take some getting used to.
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TT17Claret
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Posted: Wed Aug 29th, 2007 05:39 pm |
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brian wrote: but a picturee of the Eucharist is literally Jesus himself.
Brian
Actually Brian, that picture or image is just a representation and never the same as the real thing. In the OT God forbade images because 1) they represented false gods and 2) they were being adored and idolized. Images in our faith serve the purpose of reminding us of the real person and are an aid in prayer. Never to be adored. When we kneel in front an image or a statue it's to help us "bring to reality" aspects of the person (saint?) the image/statue represents and through who we direct our prayer to our Lord. I hope that sheds some light. While we are on the subject of image, I can't help to think about Genesis when we read we are made in the image of God and how it relates to sin. When confronted about taxes, Jesus asked whose image was on the coin and the reply, of course, was Caesar. Now, let's say you lost that coin. You'd frantically look for it of course. When we fall into sin we're no longer the image of God (as He is sinless). If we could only frantically look to restore that image everytime we sin, just as frantically as we look to recover Caesar's image.
TT
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