“Oh, there’s a light with nails on it!
So exclaims a child in front of the Paschal candle.
We can feel the nails.
But can we see the Light?
And what about us … do we give out light?
We are nailed
to ourselves and to others;
to our time and our responsibilities.
The Holy One has allowed himself to be nailed to our cross.
And it was from there that he come down.
He was nailed right up until he died.
In this way he became light for everyone;
that light which penetrates closed doors.
He is risen
and shows the signs of the nails.
Light which was nailed.
We feel the nails.
But can we see the Light? And what about us … do we give light?
(From a pastoral letter on the occasion of Easter 1984)
Klaus Hemmerle, “La luce dentro le cose”, Città Nuova, Rome 1998, p. 109.
Belissimo testo…io sono nata il sabato santo,24 marzo del 1951.Mi chiedevo sempre :perchè non nascere il giorno dopo che era Pasqua e anche l’Annunciazione?Mi ha risposto un’amica,senza volerlo,scrivendomi una meditazione,dove alla fine si diceva:”Passa la vita,vigilia di festa.Passa la vita,ma il Paradiso resta…Allora ho pensato che dopo una lunga vita costellata di crisi depressive,forse la vera festa la farò in Paradiso!!!Speriamo!Auguri a tutti