XIV
FROM SINAI TO CALVARY

Our fear of the Lord comes from
the knowledge of darkness; but our faith
in You, Jesus, Light of Life, is the culmination
of that knowledge. On the rugged peak           Exodus 19:16-18.
of Mount Sinai, your Father was wrapped
in a thick cloud, with a burst of lightning
—the mountain quaked like a smoldering furnace—
“I am who I am!” He shouted, giving the people
the list of commandments to define sins.           Romans 3:20.
But You are on the humble Mount of Calvary,
a gentle hill covered by sorrow and by blood,
the belly of your homeland which, pregnant with
unfathomable grief, would give birth to the cross;
naked, under a cloudless sun, you silently
give us a redeeming message, saying:
“I am the vine, you are the branches!”           John 15:5.

After nurturing death, and imbuing
your love with your sacred humanity,
a gentle feeling of peace begins to flow
into the depths of our soul like a river of milk.
We no longer fear the Lord, your Father,
and a Calvary of love as bright as the sun
hides the clouds of Sinai, showing us
the smile of heaven, which is the nest
where our hopes will find refuge.