GRM 216.4 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
« Master… what do You think of Judas? Last year You wept with me because of him. Then… I do not know… Master, never mind those two dragonflies, look at me, listen to me. I would not say this to anybody. I would not tell my companions, my friends. But I will tell You. I am not successful in loving Judas. I must admit it. He rejects my desire to love him. He does not hold me in contempt, on the contrary he is even too courtly with the old Zealeat who he realises is more skilful than the others in knowing men. But it is the way he behaves. Do you think he is sincere? Tell me.»
Jesus is silent for a few moments as if He were enchanted by the two dragonflies that resting on the surface of the water form a tiny rainbow with their iridescent elytra, a precious rainbow as it attracts a curious midge, which is swallowed by one of the voracious insects, which, in turn, is immediately snatched and devoured together with the midge, by a toad or frog, lying in wait. Jesus stands up, as He had almost lain down to see the little tragedies of nature and says: «It is just like that. A dragonfly has strong jaws to feed on herbs and strong wings to catch gnats, and a frog has a large mouth to swallow dragonflies. Each has his own and makes use of it. Let us go, Simon. The others are waking up.»
«But You have not replied to me, Master. You did not want to.»
«I did! My old wise man, meditate and you will find…» And Jesus goes from the ditch towards His disciples who are waking up looking for Him.
Detail
Simon the Zealot and Jesus are alone and have gone to watch two dragonflies dancing on the water.
Annotation
Last year, you cried with me for him. See EMV 83.3/4.
“Think about it, and you’ll find the answer.” The key to understanding this lies in connecting it to the preceding sentence: “Every person has their own means and uses them” with the passage fromMatthew 12:33–35(a tree is known by its fruit) and the textin EMV 219.4andEMV 222.5.
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Matthew 12:33–35
Mt 12:33–35: Either say that the tree is good and its fruit is good, or say that the tree is bad and its fruit is bad; for by its fruit the tree is known. You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the abundance of the heart. A good person brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.