I have always been drawn to this sculpture but did not discover its origin until today. And that happened by reading an entry in Raissa’s Journal in which she describes a sculpture from Chartres. When I searched for the sculpture, I found it to be this very one which I myself have meditated on for years. It is of Christ and the creation of Adam. I have found such tenderness in it all these years. Raissa’s comments:
“Looking at the photograph of a sculpture in Chartres Cathedral, God moulding Adam, drawn to recollection by the thought that our very loving Father continues to mould us like that right up to the day when our perfection is achieved in Heaven.
“Ah! to stay like that under his gentle hand, one’s head abandoned on his maternal lap and let him do as he will with one, always.”
(Saturday, 14th April)
Her comments will make my meditation on this so much richer for years to come.
Witnesses to Hope 