“He is following a road that few choose. His dress suggests a court jester, but also a pilgrim. He is a silly fool, and the English word “silly” is derived from the Greek sali, blessed, and which is also the Greek term for the saints who are holy fools, the yurodivi. And “blessed” suggests the Beatitudes, where the blessings experienced by the saints are so different from the blessings sought by the world that to the world they seem like curses rather than blessings.”
