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content. I have the impression that the Bible-Drama that I practice, as a
special form of confrontation between one‘s own life and biblical content,
leads in an extraordinarily deep way to the discovery of personal identity.
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Saul and Paul live in each of us. By iden-
tifying with the protagonists of the biblical stories, the participants in the
encounter with Bible-Drama discover that previously unknown aspects
of their own identity. In the acted biblical scene, they identify with the
protagonists of the biblical stories and discover, hidden in the uncons-
cious, the richness of the truth about themselves, about their identity,
that they are a loved person who is called to love others and that they
are simultaneously a wounded and sinful person. They discover that the
biblical protagonists, despite their weaknesses, remain in the relationship
with God and people. The biblical protagonists reveal new aspects of our
personal identity. When we identify with them, we discover different ro-
les in this divine theatre. For example, David is the youngest child of his
parents, the youngest of his siblings, shepherd, poet, warrior, king, crimi-
nal, penitent, father, old man. This person, with a rich and complicated
personality, longs for love, searches for God and himself, becomes an in-
spiration for us to enquire about our personal condition, about our love.
There are many paths of love. These numerous paths show how rich per-
sonal life is, how one can realise oneself as a person. We are moved to
reflect on this truth by Kathrin Feser’s picture “Teach us to number our
days that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90,12).

Tell me whom and what you love,
tell me how you love,
and I will tell you what person you are.

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