May the Lord Jesus put his hands on our eyes also,

    for then we too shall begin to look not at what is seen

    but what is not seen.

May he open the eyes that are concerned not with the present

    but with what is yet to come,

May he unseal the heart’s vision,

    that we may gaze on God in the Spirit,

    through the same Lord, Jesus Christ,

whose glory and power will endure throughout the unending succession of ages.

Origen, c.185-c.254, Alexandrian Theologian

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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 at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.