tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post9133497878968207039..comments2023-07-24T09:45:37.392-04:00Comments on Barque of Peter: The Second Joyful MysteryGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03982931507445593579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-21660423439261933702007-11-26T15:00:00.000-05:002007-11-26T15:00:00.000-05:00Mea culpa!I defined "media" as way, when it's "mid...<I>Mea culpa!</I><BR/>I defined "media" as way, when it's "middle". The rest of the definition stands, however--or is even accented by the correct definition of "media."<BR/><BR/>As for the colour scheme, it's liturgically in honour of Christ the King, and will be up for the week leading to Advent (when it will change again). You're right, though. It is hideously bright. I'll try to temper it before it reappears at Christmas...Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982931507445593579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-29839505612698727182007-11-25T23:51:00.000-05:002007-11-25T23:51:00.000-05:00Don't have time to get myself up to date on anythi...Don't have time to get myself up to date on anything, but this background is very harsh on the eyes. So bright!Hidden Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042188431683942338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-61975597137295456672007-11-25T22:01:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:01:00.000-05:00"Mediate": From the Latin "media" or way. Thus, t..."Mediate": From the Latin "media" or way. Thus, to make a way, to bring to.<BR/><BR/>No, I am not going to change my word choice on this point.<BR/><BR/>Christ's Mediatorial act of the Cross (which, contrary to what you asserted in your comment on the last mystery, which I will address at greater length when I have more time, did not begin nor end simply at the Cross itself) was a mediation of salvation between us and God. That is, through Christ, we have covenantal access to the Father.<BR/><BR/>Mary's mediation, and that of ours, for that matter, is a secondary one--that is, we bring people to Christ, the One Mediator. We cannot bring people all the way to God the Father, into a full and right standing. Only Christ can do that. But we <I>can</I> bring people to Christ, through our proclamation of the Word, through our prayers, through our charitable acts, etc.<BR/><BR/>Mary very literally brought Jesus to Elizabeth in her womb--a foreshadowing of the way in which she will bring Him to others (or others to Him) through her actions (like at the Wedding at Cana, for a biblical example), or through her prayers for us in heaven, or through her proclamation of the Word (again, a biblical example would be the First Pentecost, at which she was present, at which she received the Holy Spirit, and at which then she went out glorifying God with the other 120 people present. That her mediation in this case wasn't exclusive doesn't nullify my point) both in her physical lifetime, and in the many historic occasions in which she has appeared to persons in order to call them to repentance.<BR/><BR/>That "Mediation" is loaded with such "theological weight and significance" as you suggest is only because of the way the term has been misinterpreted by Protestant exegetes to deny the mediatorial role of Mary and the saints, and of us as fellow-believers and those who proffer the Gospel to the world. <BR/><BR/>In fact, the very passage that Protestants love to use to support this eisegesis is 1 Timothy 2:5, but the context of that passage clearly indicates our own mediatorial role when Paul exhorts us to intercede one for another, and for civil and religious leaders, and everyone else. Intercessor and Mediator are synonyms--which is how the Catholic Church has always understood the terms.<BR/><BR/>Thus, Christ, according to 1 Tim 2, mediates between us and God, and we mediate between others and Christ. There is no contradiction.<BR/><BR/>God bless<BR/>GregoryGregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982931507445593579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-26506542484201011512007-11-25T12:59:00.000-05:002007-11-25T12:59:00.000-05:00Hi Gregory, You said the following;"For now, let's...Hi Gregory, <BR/><BR/>You said the following;<BR/><BR/>"For now, let's explore the mystery of the story itself:<BR/>Mary journeys to her cousin, Elizabeth, and in so doing, performs her first act of mediation. That is, as she carries Jesus in her womb, she very literally brings Him to her relative."<BR/><BR/>I was wondering, could you explain exactly why you used the word "mediation" here and what you are intending that word to imply, either here or later. I note you said "first act of." I suppose there is then a second, third, to come later that you will refer to?<BR/><BR/>If all you imply above is the "act of" bringing Jesus into the world or in this case to Elizabeth (physically and locally) then might I suggest you use another term other than one loaded with theological weight and significance and specifically tied to the mediatorial work of Calvary, which Christ alone is worthy of receiving.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, after the birth of Christ, there is no hint in Scripture of Mary bringing Jesus to anyone else. So that whole concept was a very contemporaneous one, taking place primarily as she carried Christ in her womb. Do you agree with that? <BR/><BR/>Sunealsunealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698675394991882576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-34476374042240164042007-11-20T12:05:00.000-05:002007-11-20T12:05:00.000-05:00And, as I said in my comments on the last post, th...And, as I said in my comments on the last post, that's precisely why I'm doing them.Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982931507445593579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-50806271348095081592007-11-19T18:44:00.000-05:002007-11-19T18:44:00.000-05:00As a postscript to my last comment on the first po...As a postscript to my last comment on the first post... it is, for the record, posts like this which increase the likelihood that I will get back into this devotion.Hidden Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042188431683942338noreply@blogger.com