The Wounds of God by Penelope Wilcock

Author:Penelope Wilcock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lion Hudson
Published: 1991-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Mother fell silent then. I looked at her, sitting in her chair in the candlelight, her hands folded quietly in her lap, her eyes still seeing people and places far away as she gazed at the candle flame.

‘What do those Latin words mean?’ I asked.

‘Mmm? What?’

‘Those Latin words you said at the end of the story. What do they mean?’

‘They mean, “Oh God, come to my assistance. Oh Lord, make haste to help me.” It’s the versicle and response from the beginning of the Office.’

She sat a moment longer, thinking, then she said, ‘I have always loved that story. It was that story which first taught me that we can offer no solutions, no easy answers, to other people’s tragedies. We can only be there. It is Jesus they need, not us, and even he offers no answers. He offers himself. It is when people find their way through to him that the pain of their life becomes the pain not of death, but of birth. A thing of hope. Hark at me, rambling. It must be late—look, this candle was a new one and it’s half burned away. Let’s go downstairs. Therese and Daddy will be thinking we’ve fallen asleep up here.’

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