On Preachers Who Make Christ Known
Ever since Saint Mary Magdalene became aware that the man she took to be a gardener was in fact Jesus Christ, crucified and now resurrected, Christians cannot help but be caught up in the mystery of God. Awe, wonder, trembling. And this moment, depicted in our icon here, perfectly defines what mystery means: hiddenness which is revealed by God; Christ resurrected was hidden within a gardener, and the hidden mystery was unveiled at God’s chosen time. While it has been said humorously of Anglicans that “mystery is horrible to us,” that is, something we resist and want no part of, mystery…
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