It is Good to Rest

  I pass this sculpture every time I head down to the Labyrinth Room to teach my class. It’s the Flight into Egypt, of course: the Holy Family taking a rest during their escape from a tyrant’s deadly paranoia. Not a pleasure trip.But look at Mary’s face. Everyone in the family is asleep, heads tucked down — even the donkey! Mary is exhausted, too, but her face is uplifted: serene and even happy, despite the danger she has just escaped and the grueling journey ahead.They are refugees, Mary and Joseph and their baby. It is so hard to be a refugee.  You are so tired.  It is so good to rest.Shared by Reverend Barbara Crafton