An Elliptical Glory: EAGLE'S AERIE -- Lent 2022 Daily Images of God--Day 3 March 4

Friday, March 4, 2022

EAGLE'S AERIE -- Lent 2022 Daily Images of God--Day 3 March 4

May be an image of hawk and nature

Lent 2022 Daily Images of God

Day 3

March 4

AN EAGLE’S AERIE

“The one settled in the Most High’s shelter,

Rests through the night in the All-Nurturer’s shadow.

‘Yahweh, my refuge and mountain-top nest!

My God, in whom I trust!’

God alone will free you from snares,

And shield you from poisoned arrows.

With strong flight feathers will God cover you

And under God’s wings will you find refuge."

(Psalm 91:1-4, The Ashland Bible)

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"Elliptical" can mean "fragmentary, with words missing," or "in the shape of a flattened circle." While "glory" refers to the brilliance surrounding the Deity, it can also refer to the grace that reflects such radiance in life. In Christian iconography, a "glory" is the whole body halo around the Christ or the Blessed Virgin in paintings and statuary.

According to Kepler’s First Law of Planetary Motion, an object in orbit follows an ellipse, with the center of mass as one of the foci. The ellipse was called “imperfect” by theologians who originally objected to its use by Kepler to refine Copernicus’ heliocentric model of the solar system, as opposed to the “perfect” circles of Aristotelian geocentric cosmology. "Elliptical" can thus also imply the 'imperfect' path between two centers, or falling toward the true center, but moving forward fast enough to avoid collision, but slowly enough to prevent escape.