adrienne-von-speyr

To suggest that the grief of Christ issues from his perfect wisdom andcharity would confirm that true sorrow is human and therefore cannotcorrespond to despair, since the hopelessness of despair would yield nothingabout which to sorrow. If life is meaningless, there is no reason tomourn. Truth is what makes grief authentic and real, and so it followsthat Truth Incarnate, come down from heaven to our vale of tears, wouldgrieve at the highest pitch. The __ragic experience of the most completedesolation_49 depends on __he knowledge and experience of the Father._50Or as Adrienne von Speyr puts it: __he Father is never more present thanin this absence on the Cross.