They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the legion; and they were afraid. (Mark 5:15)
We fear the one
who comes back
from the edges of the void.
We cannot bear the knowing.
Seen above (and on home-page mastheads): Icon “St. John in Contemplation” by Zachary Roesemann in the current ECVA exhibition, “Recognition & Return.”
Readings are from Streams of Mercy: a meditative commentary on the Bible by Ann Kristin Haldors Fontaine (used with permission of the author.)