The Fifth Gospel(211)
serious. I could tell you I’m ready for it, but I’d be
Luke 19:35
lying. For more than a month you’ve been stealing
John 12:14–15
away on these trips—which I know has been hard on you—but you need to understand that I’ve had burdens too. I’ve been scrambling around to mount
Matthew 26:17
my exhibit. Changing everything so that you can
John 19:14
now pull off this meeting at the Casina will be difficult for me. Yes, I still want to give the keynote. But I also feel that doing it compels me to
Mark 15:40–41
make some grand personal gesture toward the Orthodox. For the past two years I’ve given my life to this exhibit. Now you’ve taken my
John 19:25–27
work and given it a much larger audience—which is wonderful, of course—and yet it gives this keynote a heavy significance. This will be the moment when I officially hand my baby over. The moment when, with a great flourish, I sign my