This is profoundly beautifull theology. The way you connect John's consent to baptize Jesus with Mary's consent to bear him really opened something up for me - I'd never thought about how both required humility and yielding to something bigger than themselvs. Your analysis of the preternatural aspect of the theophany at Jordan, where the Trinity is fully revealed, is something I'm gonna have to sit with for awhile. Really appreciate this deep dive into scripture and tradition.
When one ponders the scriptures, and begins to see how deeply and beautifully interlaced are the allusions they contain and the resonances they create, one cannot help but wonder at their creation. The notion that they are merely human texts (though they are also human texts and the interpreter himself is always flawed) flees away. Trying to write about them is like trying to haul in the net, near to breaking with the abundance of fish, that the disciples wrestled with after being told to cast it to the other side of their boat.
This is profoundly beautifull theology. The way you connect John's consent to baptize Jesus with Mary's consent to bear him really opened something up for me - I'd never thought about how both required humility and yielding to something bigger than themselvs. Your analysis of the preternatural aspect of the theophany at Jordan, where the Trinity is fully revealed, is something I'm gonna have to sit with for awhile. Really appreciate this deep dive into scripture and tradition.
When one ponders the scriptures, and begins to see how deeply and beautifully interlaced are the allusions they contain and the resonances they create, one cannot help but wonder at their creation. The notion that they are merely human texts (though they are also human texts and the interpreter himself is always flawed) flees away. Trying to write about them is like trying to haul in the net, near to breaking with the abundance of fish, that the disciples wrestled with after being told to cast it to the other side of their boat.