The liturgies of this season of promise are filled with biblical images of trust in God's power to bring new hope where there was previously only a sense of utter impossibility. (religion-online.org)
The early Christians furthermore found that philosophical categories helped them understand Christian revelation even more deeply than had been possible with biblical images. (religion-online.org)
The yearning for completion, for acceptance, for oneness with some «other» expressed in biblical images, Bible stories, in relational theology, and in hymns can reveal the inner connection between the experience of physical longing for union and the search for intimacy with God. (religion-online.org)