Noon, Monday in Holy Week

                                      Thomas Traherne, d. 1674
                                         English poet, theologian and presbytyr

The Cross

is the abyss 

of 

wonders, the center 

of 

desires, the school of virtues, the house  of wisdom, the throne 

of 
love, the theatre of joy, the place of sorrows. It is

the root of happiness and the gate of heaven.