There is also a light of promise in all the scriptural texts as well as in the writings of Weil.  All of them seem to say that the experience of affliction is not one that completely heals, yet there is comfort and solace possible in the wounding. The experience of affliction is not vanquished, it will always be there. But there is a deep hope even in the harsh image of a nail whose point is applied at the very center of the soul. It is in the fact that the soul is pierced and nailed to the very center of the cross – our Christian symbol of hope, resurrection and redemption. Continue reading →