tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post5433357321499602258..comments2024-01-12T04:58:49.069-05:00Comments on Kyrie, Eleison!: This I KnowAnastasia Theodoridishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-84926437130354720662008-10-10T10:33:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:33:00.000-04:00Yes, that's yet another improvement, as it implies...Yes, that's yet another improvement, as it implies the Resurrection by speaking in the pesent tense.<BR/><BR/>Would you go for some such version as this one, which makes explicit reference to the Resurrection?<BR/><BR/>God so loved us that He gave,<BR/>His own Son, the world to save.<BR/>Trampling death upon the tree,<BR/>Jesus rose, our Life to be.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-76080344495679961442008-10-09T18:34:00.000-04:002008-10-09T18:34:00.000-04:00You know, you're correct. Much stronger to move t...You know, you're correct. Much stronger to move to the present tense:<BR/><BR/>Jesus loves me!<BR/>This I know.<BR/>On the cross<BR/>He shows me so<BR/>Where for me <BR/>He bled and died<BR/>With His arms<BR/>Held open wide.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-9177257438318872732008-10-09T14:51:00.000-04:002008-10-09T14:51:00.000-04:00The Cross is indeed much more than history. But t...The Cross is indeed much more than history. But the little verse you provided seems to allude only to the historical fact of the Cross.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-29925986075189525242008-10-09T11:11:00.000-04:002008-10-09T11:11:00.000-04:00Ah, but the cross is by no means just history. Wh...Ah, but the cross is by no means just history. What the cross is for Christians is best shown, I think, in those stunning words from the Akathist of Thanksgiving:<BR/><BR/>Through the icy link of the ages, I feel the warmth of Your Divine breath; I hear the flow of blood. You are already near; time has partly vanished. I see Your cross; it is for my sake. My spirit is in ashes before the Cross, where there is a triumph of love and salvation, and unceasing praise unto all ages: Alleluia!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-70309113437535112082008-10-09T09:21:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:21:00.000-04:00William, paraphrase of St. Paul is inded an improv...William, paraphrase of St. Paul is inded an improvement. While we were yet sinners...<BR/><BR/>What you wrote still only addresses the cognitive level, though, not the existential / mystical / spiritual. You allude only to the history. The history is indispensible, of course, but for the Orthodox, at least, it's not the main thing that convinces us. <BR/><BR/>I think I'll write a post on that...Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-56368114874723331692008-10-07T15:40:00.000-04:002008-10-07T15:40:00.000-04:00It's bothered me for years. Here's my proposed fi...It's bothered me for years. Here's my proposed fix:<BR/><BR/>Jesus loves me!<BR/>This I know<BR/>On the Cross <BR/>He showed me so.<BR/>There for me He bled and died<BR/>With His arms held open wide.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-80772887516490633382008-10-07T15:09:00.000-04:002008-10-07T15:09:00.000-04:00That is a really good point. Thanks for sharing!That is a really good point. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com