FAUSTI - Crying is the first form of prayer, proper to the child: it always finds an ear that listens to it. Mary's weeping is emphasized, as tenacious as her love. She remains close to her tomb, near the place where he was crucified and pierced (19:41). Here it was placed. Where is it now? Mary's tears, like Jesus' tears, irrigate the earth and make the beloved germinate. Love dies where it is unrequited and lives wherever it is loved. Her gaze, as she cries, returns to the tomb, full of emptiness. In Mary we see how love becomes an experience of the Risen One: "He who loves me will be loved by my Father and I too will love him and manifest myself to him". (14:21). love in fact makes the beloved present and manifests himself to those who love him. To "see and touch" the Lord, reserved for Mary and the first disciples, is an anticipation of the final encounter and, at the same time, a revelation of his new way of being always with us. The angels know He's risen. Why don't they tell her? Even if Mary knew he's risen, it wouldn't be enough for her. She wants to meet Him. Mary assumes he's been stolen. She's looking for "where" her Lord is. Even the first disciples asked Jesus: "Where do you live?".
FAUSTI - Crying is the first form of prayer, proper to the child: it always finds an ear that listens to it. Mary's weeping is emphasized, as tenacious as her love.
RispondiEliminaShe remains close to her tomb, near the place where he was crucified and pierced (19:41).
Here it was placed. Where is it now?
Mary's tears, like Jesus' tears, irrigate the earth and make the beloved germinate. Love dies where it is unrequited and lives wherever it is loved. Her gaze, as she cries, returns to the tomb, full of emptiness.
In Mary we see how love becomes an experience of the Risen One: "He who loves me will be loved by my Father and I too will love him and manifest myself to him". (14:21). love in fact makes the beloved present and manifests himself to those who love him. To "see and touch" the Lord, reserved for Mary and the first disciples, is an anticipation of the final encounter and, at the same time, a revelation of his new way of being always with us.
The angels know He's risen. Why don't they tell her? Even if Mary knew he's risen, it wouldn't be enough for her. She wants to meet Him. Mary assumes he's been stolen. She's looking for "where" her Lord is. Even the first disciples asked Jesus: "Where do you live?".