tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post5284937236514421009..comments2023-08-09T07:48:53.962-04:00Comments on Bear Witness to the Light: Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You.Fr. John L. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167510362871783781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post-87475939172526319142010-02-25T06:00:19.971-05:002010-02-25T06:00:19.971-05:00Stone/bread - snake/fish
The first pair reminds m...Stone/bread - snake/fish<br /><br />The first pair reminds me of Our Lord's testing by Satan in the desert. Stones can become bread, but God's plan is better: bread becomes Christ's body. Stones were thrown at criminals as a means of execution. Satan offers death, whereas God offers life.<br /><br />The snake reminds me of temptation again, this time in the Garden of Eden. But it also reminds me of the snakes God sent to plague the Israelites after their constant complaining about the food (maybe they were hankering for a nice bit of fish!) These snakes killed some of the Israelites, but their ultimate end was the healing of the nation. <br /><br />Sometimes God seems to give us a snake when we ask for a fish. It's hard to understand, but faith should reassure us.<br /><br />If stone/bread can be seen as an opposition of death/life, what is snake/fish? I think the snake is probably temptation as the way to death. Perhaps the gift of a fish, which spends its life in water, was a sign of cleansing as a way to life.Sarah in the tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680566205364331756noreply@blogger.com