tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post8156988991211297997..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Life and deathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-45983852382677123712023-03-04T14:21:24.687+02:002023-03-04T14:21:24.687+02:00"the souls of the just are in the hand of God..."the souls of the just are in the hand of God" - a very moving thought, and I can't hear these words without the Brahms Requiem playing in my head..."Die gerichten seelen sind in Gottes hand" etc etc.Peter MacFarlanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-30011637239510987062023-03-04T11:51:44.887+02:002023-03-04T11:51:44.887+02:00By the way, Old Testament. I entered an almost emp...By the way, Old Testament. I entered an almost empty church in Padua and checked the section of the open Bible. It was Jeremiah 17.5-10, in Italian. As a Romanian I understood most of it but I still had this feeling of half-understood, of mystery, as when you realize that there's an allegory in a painting or other work of art but you are not sure if you got the meaning intended by the author. What struck me was how powerful the words of God speaking at the first person resonated: Solo Io, il Signore, scruto i cuori. "Only I, the Lord, see straight into your heart", preceded by the line "Il cuore è ingannevole più di ogni altra cosa, e insanabilmente maligno; chi potrà conoscerlo?", "the heart is unaccessible more than anything else, and hopelessly malign; who could know it?", in my approximate translation. I felt the words were addressed directly to me, the book was opened there that afternoon for me to come by and read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com