The Wisdom of Wounds

The most profound spiritual teachers have a secret.

I’ve been thinking lately about the symbolism of wounds as a source of power. The bleeding wound is an emblem of radiant, raging life (If you prick us, do we not bleed?).

Our wounds mean we are alive, our blood a sign of our beating hearts. A wound is a vulnerable opening to the world, without any skin to protect it.

Catholic imagery is full of the grue…