Tag Archives: Cross-Typology

Let all the trees of the forest sing a glad hymn

This is a day of joy! At Christ’s Resurrection death disappeared, and life was seen in all its splendour. Adam, who rises again, exults with joy. Let us, therefore, rejoice and sing our hymn of triumph. The day for the adoration of the precious Cross has arrived. Come, all ye faithful! It is exposed beforeContinue reading “Let all the trees of the forest sing a glad hymn”

The plant in Eden beautifully transplanted in Golgotha

The Most High planted in the middle of ParadiseThe thrice blessed wood, the gift of life for us,In order that, in approaching it,Adam might find eternal and immortal life,But he did not strive earnestly to know this life,And he failed to attain it, and revealed death.However, the robber, seeing how the plant in EdenHad beenContinue reading “The plant in Eden beautifully transplanted in Golgotha”

Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again

Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again.Alas, he is here: terror has seized me, and fear.Alas that I ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.Alas that his envy led me to envy too.I did not become like God; I was cast out of paradise.Temper, sword, awhile, the heat of your flamesand letContinue reading “Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again”