[suzyjaruki]

But the life of faith does not require tangible visibility

Thanks for the ping to this article. For a short while this morning, I looked for an excellent post made by Alamo Girl on another thread--now 5,000+ posts long. I could not find it, but I remember that the post was about how Catholics emphasize the physical/tangible and how non-Catholic Christians emphasize the spiritual.

In a society that needs constant sensual stimulation, is it any wonder that people would desire physical/tangible in worship? God knows the difficulty of loving an unseen spiritual being. In fact, we cannot love him unless he first loves us. And after that first love, we need the Holy Spirit to work in us through his word that we may continue to love what only can be seen by faith.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you oh so very much for sharing your insights, dear suzyjaruki!

Is this post 1345 the one you were seeking?

[Alamo-Girl]

I found another place whether we were discussing the difference in perspective. Perhaps this one is it?

[TradicalRC]

I remember that the post was about how Catholics emphasize the physical/tangible and how non-Catholic Christians emphasize the spiritual.

In a society that needs constant sensual stimulation, is it any wonder that people would desire physical/tangible in worship? God knows the difficulty of loving an unseen spiritual being.

Isn't it funny that God bothered to become incarnate and live in the flesh among us? It's just so terribly physical/tangible of Him.

[Petronski]

...the post was about how Catholics emphasize the physical/tangible and how non-Catholic Christians emphasize the spiritual.

That post was wrong.

[mike182d]

By virtue of God becoming incarnate, the spiritual became tangible. A separation of the two would be a false dichotomy and furthermore a grave misunderstanding of Catholic teaching. The emphasis is not on the physical - the emphasis is on synthesis of the two.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

In a society that needs constant sensual stimulation, is it any wonder that people would desire physical/tangible in worship? God knows the difficulty of loving an unseen spiritual being. In fact, we cannot love him unless he first loves us. And after that first love, we need the Holy Spirit to work in us through his word that we may continue to love what only can be seen by faith.

Beautifully and Scripturally articulated, Suzy.

AMEN!