Wisdom in weakness

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The paper explores the discovery of wisdom in weakness, through a shift from anguish over theodicy to an acceptance of challenging circumstances as granting privileged access to the deepest truths of Christianity. It begins with a novelistic narrative of a spiritual journey taken by St Francis of Assissi, which sets the agenda. The topics then covered include: human creatureliness, the wisdom of the cross and the wisdom of apatheia (passionlessness). Its climax is a reflection on 2 Corinthians 4.7–10, originally composed for the L’Arche communities.