Matthias Grunewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece offers one of the most stunning portrayals of the sufferings of Christ. When I look at this painting, I am reminded that Christ did not suffer alone. Like Mary the mother of God, and like Mary Magdelene, I can also lament the suffering of the God who gave all that He is for the life of the world. Â Today is the day that we remember Christ’s passion and death.
Mary Magdalene and the Other Mary: A Song for All Maries
by Christina Rossetti
Our Master lies asleep and is at rest;
His Heart has ceased to bleed, His Eye to weep.
The sun ashamed has dropt down in the west;
Our Master lies asleep.
Now we are they who weep, and trembling keep
Vigil, with wrung heart in a sighing breast,
While slow time creeps, and slow the shadows creep.
Renew Thy youth, as eagle from the nest;
O Master, who hast sown, arise to reap:
No cock-crow yet, no flush on eastern crest;
Our Master lies asleep.
Thankyou Jim.
Thanks Jim. I love the thought that Jesus did not suffer alone. True for all of us too only the reverse – Jesus is with us when we suffer.