"The wounds remain because love remains. They are the visible memory of a love that did not turn back, that went to the very end. In showing them, Jesus is saying: this is who I am, one who loves you unto death and beyond. The wounds are not scars of failure, but trophies of victory, trophies of love.
"And there is maybe something even more disarming. By showing his wounds, Jesus meets the disciples precisely in their own woundedness. These men had failed him. They had run away, denied him, paralysed by fear. One might expect reproach. Instead, he shows them his pierced hands and open side. It is as if he is saying: your weakness did not destroy me; my love has absorbed it all, and I have forgiven you, let's move on and start the real work." - from Christian Art
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