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In Love with Artemis

There is an old Greek play in which a young man is passionately devoted to the goddess Artemis, daughter of Zeus. When this strong and courageous young man is mortally wounded you expect the goddess to come down to comfort him in his dying moments. She does come down from Mount Olympus, and she sees the death sweat on his face, and she hears the death rattle in his throat. With tears in her eyes she explains that no one from Mount Olympus can bear to see mortals die. Whereupon she turns and abandons him in his loneliest moment his time of greatest need.

Jesus, we can be very grateful that you are not like that! I belive that you cannot bear to see us mortals suffer. I believe that you can not bear to see us sick. I do believe that like the goddess Artemis, you come down from heaven to be with us in time of suffering. The big difference, however, is that I don't think that you turn away, that you go back to heaven and abandon us. I believe that you stay with us to comfort us and help us. And for this we thank you! Amen!