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"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -- the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it ...." I John 1:1-2 (RSV)

"After his resurrection the disciples saw the living Christ, whom they knew to have died, with the eyes of faith (oculata fide)." Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, III, 55, 2 ad 1, as quoted in D. M. Stanley, Jesus in Gethsemane (New York, Paulist Press 1980).

Friday, February 14, 2014

Fr. Dan Harrington S.J. Scholar and Priest

I am sorry to hear of the death on February 7 of  Fr. Dan Harrington S.J., a great priest and scholar.  His work has been the subject of previous posts on this blog.

Of all that I have read in tribute to Fr. Dan, this from Fr. Jim Martin S.J. is what stands out:

 So the first time it was offered at Weston, I signed up for Dan’s “Introduction to the New Testament,” NT 101, along with what seemed like half of Weston’s student body and half the students at Harvard Divinity School. It’s not a stretch to say that his course changed my life. I had never really studied the New Testament before, and neither had some of my classmates, and blessed were we that our first exposure to studying the Gospels was through the eyes of someone who so loved them and knew them, and who so loved Jesus and knew Jesus.

 "Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., R.I.P.,"  by James Martin SJ,   America  (February 8, 2014), online at 
  http://americamagazine.org/content/all-things/daniel-j-harrington-sj-rip
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