Four Hundred Texts on Love 25
Posted: May 21st, 2010 | Author: Scott | Filed under: St. Maximos the Confessor | Tags: blessed sacrament, c s lewis, christian contemplation, flesh, grandeur, love, son of god, st. maximos | Comments Off on Four Hundred Texts on Love 2596. We do not know God from His essence. We know Him rather from the grandeur of His creation and from His providential care for all creatures. For through these, as though they were mirrors, we may attain insight into His infinite goodness, wisdom and power.
I think this is the idea behind St. Maximos’ thoughts in other texts on the contemplation of created things. God is everywhere present and filling all things. As I think about this, I am reminded of something C.S. Lewis said.
“Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.”
Christian contemplation is rooted in the material creation. It is not something divorced or separated from the sensible realm. That is one of its somewhat unique characteristics. But, of course, the eternal Son of God became flesh, so how can it be any other way?