{"id":2332,"date":"2009-05-16T08:26:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2009-05-16T08:26:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:26:08","slug":"the-body-as-vei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/05\/the-body-as-vei\/","title":{"rendered":"The body as veil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catholicexchange.com\/2009\/05\/16\/118590\">A lovely reflection at Catholic Exchange: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nPsalm 139:13-16 rejoices, &#8220;My frame was not hidden from You when I was being made in secret .&#8221; Earlier in the chapter, verse 13 marvels, &#8220;You formed my inward parts; You knit me in my mother\u2019s womb.&#8221; This word &#8220;knit &#8221; is also sometimes translated &#8220;wove&#8221; or &#8220;woven.&#8221; David sings that his being was woven together secretly by God. Often this section of Scripture is used by pro-life activists to emphasize the inherent sacredness of conception and birth, the invisible invasion of created body by God-breathed soul in the protected covering of a mother\u2019s person. But more than a wonder, it is the holy preparation of God.<br \/>\nThe word translated &#8220;knit&#8221; in Hebrew is sakak , meaning \u201ccovered.\u201d This word is used almost exclusively in the Old Testament to describe the veiling of the presence of God from human eyes in the Holy of Holies&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely reflection at Catholic Exchange: Psalm 139:13-16 rejoices, &#8220;My frame was not hidden from You when I was being made in secret .&#8221; Earlier in the chapter, verse 13 marvels, &#8220;You formed my inward parts; You knit me in my mother\u2019s womb.&#8221; This word &#8220;knit &#8221; is also sometimes translated &#8220;wove&#8221; or &#8220;woven.&#8221; David&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/05\/the-body-as-vei\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The body as veil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commonplace-book","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}