Yesterday, I posted about a sculpture on the top of a column in the church of St. Mary Magdalen, in Vezelay, France. Meditating upon the sculpture inspired this book. Look at the face of the person doing the carrying. Hope for Judas by Christoph Wrembek, sj. Father Wrembek posits that this is Jesus carrying Judas.
Wrembek does a good job of convincing the reader that Jesus' mercy knows no bounds. Surely, Judas was sorry for betraying Jesus. Judas' throwing his reward away is proof of his contrition. Besides, Judas didn't plan events to turn out as they did. He believed Jesus was the Messiah; it was just taking Him so-o-o-o long to overthrow the Romans. Judas tried to force Jesus' hand. In the end, Jesus was crucified AND THEN resurrected! Jesus saved us. That was God's plan. Someone had to initiate the event. If it weren't Judas, it would have been someone else. "Oh happy fault", in the Exultet, sung on Easter Vigil, is referring to Judas' betrayal.
I agree, so far. What I don't see is Jesus' face in the sculpture. I think the sculpture is a depiction of the Good Samaritan carrying the poor man left in a ditch. The face isn't a man with a beard. Jesus always has a beard.
Even though I don't buy Father Wrembek's theory, it is very interesting that the man being carried is smiling.
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