"'You were without hope in the world.' This is how Paul describes the Ephesian Christians before their conversion, stuck in the darkness of sin and paganism. Idols expressed their hope for material security, embodying their pleasure and pain, hopes and terrors in tangible forms that entangled their souls. Christ brought divine light into a dark world, freeing it from false substitutes and answering humanity's prayer to look on the face of God: 'Your face, Lord, do I seek. Hide not thy face from me' (Ps 27:8-9).
"Today, we forget this answered prayer, looking away from God and
falling into what the Psalmist warns against . . . Our image-saturated culture has
lost sight of God's face made visible to us in Christ, groping instead
after new idols. . . ."
In a recent commentary, R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D.,Associate
Superintendent for Mission and Formation for the Archdiocese of Denver,
reflected on the importance of "images of the right sort to purify our vision and overcome the iconoclasm that threatens our lives as God's icons in the world."
To access Dr. Staudt's complete post, please visit:
Denver Catholic: Jared Staudt: The Power of Images in an Iconoclast Culture (14 NOV 24)
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