Oh, glory, I can't remember exactly where but he is explaining it to Claire and talking about how he imagines Christ must have felt, apart from the others, longing to be touched. All those years and no one would even consider a casual touch, a pat on the shoulder or nudge going out to the peat bogs. He didn't wish for sexual contact but only for human contact. -- LJG Discussion board

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

Monday, April 20, 0:16:22 [ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, [5], 6, 7, 8 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 15:35:32 10/23/07 Tue
Author: kgp
Subject: Oh, glory, I can't remember exactly where but he is explaining it to Claire and talking about how he imagines Christ must have felt, apart from the others, longing to be touched. All those years and no one would even consider a casual touch, a pat on the shoulder or nudge going out to the peat bogs. He didn't wish for sexual contact but only for human contact.
In reply to: pamelalass 's message, "Karen or anyone else - do you remember when this came up a while back, and there was discussion of this same question? It centered on the same word - - "temptation" - - which makes me think there must indeed be something in the text to suggest it. I don't have it to hand, but I vaguely remember reading something where Jamie confesses that he was tempted at Ardsmuir not by John specifically, and not truly sexually, but by the thought that others around him had given in to sexual frustration and temptation, and he was suffering a vast craving for the touch of a human hand. I also think he was harsh on himself for having ever given in to the temptation to enjoy the evenings he did spend with John, while his men were caged in the cell. He must have wished he had held himself completely aloof. Although he was living in a cell with them, he was isolated from the men because of his leadership and care for the group as a whole. >>>>" on 14:42:48 10/23/07 Tue

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

It's the passage in which he thinks of the painting of Christ, the Sacred Heart, and says that the painter must have understood Christ's loneliness. I think it's in ABoSaA but wouldn't swear to it. Anybody? (NT) -- CatherineM., 17:42:11 10/23/07 Tue
- It is, I think also in context of explaining Tom Christie to Claire. (NT) -- kgp, 19:13:35 10/23/07 Tue

[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums^(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.