[Greek] ἀναβλέπω (anablepō), [Latin] videre, [Latin] intinuere, [Latin] ascpicere, [Latin] respicere, [Latin] venire, [Latin] recipere, [Latin] suspicere: to look up, to recover sight, to gain sight; 26 scriptural references
No–you are not seeing double! Anablepus (“Four eyed fish”): a large fish, having clearer vision, can see both under and above the surface of the water. Let’s hope that the clergy will also have clearer vision in seeing what the Church stands for: the salvation of souls.
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to behold, to look up, to look with confidence, to look with disdain, to revive, and to restore one’s sight.
Aristophanes’ Plutus 117: “I have good hope with the god’s help to deliver you from that blindness, in fact to restore your sight.”
Plato’s Republic 515c: “When one was freed from his fetters and compelled to stand up suddenly and turn his head around and lift his eyes to the light, what do you suppose would be his answer if someone had told him that what he had before was all all a cheat and illusion?”
Euripides’ The Suppliants 322: “Do you see how fiercely your country looks on its revilers when they mock her for want of counsel?”
Old Testament: This term means to enlighten, to give light, to look upon, to regard, to pay attention, to lift up, to bear, to face, to turn to, and to appear.
New Testament: This term means to look up and to restore (gain) sight.
Scripture:
Mt.14:19: “And He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.” (Jesus looks up to heaven in giving thanks for these offerings. The taking [blessing, breaking, and giving to the disciples] correspond to the actions of Jesus over the bread at the Last Supper.)
Mt.20:34 “Moved with pity, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight, and followed Him.” (Jesus restores the sight of the two blind men. The cure of the blind men seeks to open the eyes of His disciples who have also been blind to the meaning of Jesus’ passion and the necessity of sharing Jesus’ suffering.)
Mk.10:51: “Jesus said to the blind man, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said, ‘Master, I want to see.'” (Jesus restored his sight. Jesus stated that his faith had saved him. The man followed Jesus.)
Acts 9:17: “Ananias laid his hands on Saul and said, ‘Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” (Saul, formerly an apostate, begins his path in become an apostle for Christ.)
Jn.9:18: “Now the Jews did not believe that he had been born blind and gained his sight until they summoned the parents of the one who gained his sight.” (The Jews vainly hoped to disprove Jesus’ miracle of the healing the man born blind. They could not bear to think that Jesus could do this. They could not come to terms that this person was actually born blind.)
Conclusion:
Receive, receipt, intuit, intuition, visual, aspect, suspect, suspicion, respect
New Testament significance of numbers:
- 1000: represents everyone
- 4000: everyone in all four directions
- 5000: all the Jews (everyone under the Law (5 books)
Update: We have discovered that the USCCB has devoted an excessively high percentage (90%) of their resources to immigration and only 1% to pro-life causes. This represents a skewed and inverted priority to immigration. Hopefully, they will focus more on pro-life, abortion, catechesis, the Eucharist, and the salvation of souls.
Many of us are now seeing the insidious entangled financial relationships between the USCCB, Catholic Charities, the Vatican, and the US government USAID agency.
Many of us are now seeing financial resources sent for questionable purposes: illegal immigration, child trafficking, promoting atheism, condoms, birth control, and LGBTQ values.
Many of us are now seeing that the financial spigot of money is being turned off for many charitable organizations, NGOs, and other government programs.
What a fish! I did not see that coming! This is not a fish story. This is a real fish, see for yourself.
Many immigration supporters are now pleading to continue this funding. They are attempting to present the immigrant (alien) as a higher priority of needed attention. They are seeking to invert the order of showing compassion to those in the one’s closest spheres of influence.
Many are now seeing that Jesus’ Church has become so much entrenched in politics, social justice, worldly values, lived experiences, and worldly causes. We all need to be reminded that Jesus’ Church must be primarily concerned with the salvation of souls, not with moving the world.
We are now seeing the Trump administration (and supporters) competing with the the Vatican (and supporters) championing the immigrant. (Security concerns vs. immigrants’ rights)
We are now seeing competing interpretations St. Augustine’s Odo Amoris (order of love).