Monday, April 16, 2012

While reading through these reading the book of Margery Kempe kept me interested and had great connection throughout the story. I believe Kempe finds these holy sites so intense because she feels a direct connection to these powerful places, as if she were reliving the suffering that Christ had endured. On page 107 it is stated that "she entered that holy place, she fell down with her candle in her hand, as if she would have died for sorrow. And later she rose up again with great weeping and sobbing, as though she had seen our Lord buried right in front of her." Kempe feels the pain that the Christ felt by basically reliving the events that he suffered through, through vividly real thoughts of the events. Women being inferior to men was what was known during this time, but Kempe was very independent and strong willed. By setting out on this journey, the travel allowed her to be rejuvenated, allowing her to show he devotion, loyalty and love for Jesus. I really believe that Kempe shows her love for God by the rush of emotions she gets while reliving the visions of that he suffered through. She was deeply affected by his suffering, as if she herself was suffering with him. When seeing someone you truly care for suffer you can "feel" there pain. You may not be actually suffering as they are, but seeing them suffer causes you grief because you never want to see them in pain. This is exactly how Kempe is reacting in this story, she is suffering because the Lord is suffering.

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