Meaning: Perseverance of Mary beneath the Cross after the death of Christ
Explanation: As the abstract announces, this Consideratio focuses on the fact that the “Blessed Virgin and Mother of Sorrows, even after the bloody death of her Son, firmly perseveres beneath the cross”.
To gloss this idea, the chosen emblem depicts a cypress next to the motto Concussio firmat (Disturbance strengthens). The reason is expounded by Ginther when he says: “Look, the cypress is a beautifully supplied tree, that at no time in the year loses its vigour and never gives in to damages of the winds or storms, but it always keeps intact the very same vigour [...] Hence an illustrious symbol of the sorrowful Virgin, always persistent beneath the cross, with all the anguishes”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
Explanation: As the abstract announces, this Consideratio focuses on the fact that the “Blessed Virgin and Mother of Sorrows, even after the bloody death of her Son, firmly perseveres beneath the cross”.
To gloss this idea, the chosen emblem depicts a cypress next to the motto Concussio firmat (Disturbance strengthens). The reason is expounded by Ginther when he says: “Look, the cypress is a beautifully supplied tree, that at no time in the year loses its vigour and never gives in to damages of the winds or storms, but it always keeps intact the very same vigour [...] Hence an illustrious symbol of the sorrowful Virgin, always persistent beneath the cross, with all the anguishes”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
This very same emblem can be found in:
• Kaps, 2012: 55-56; • Benedictine Abbey of Ottobeuren, Upper Schwabia (Olive tree instead cypress)