Meaning: The Crowning with thorns
Explanation: The lily among thorns can symbolise, in a nonspecific manner, the sufferings of Jesus during the Passion: “Christ, Ambrose states, was the lily among thorns when he was among the Jews, who defamed, accused and crucified him”. However, in this Consideratio, this metaphor taken from the Song of Songs refers to a particular episode: The Crowning with thorns. Besides, Ginther not only applies this simile to the crowned Jesus, but also to Mary when she witnesses this crowning: “Oh pious Domina, oh sorrowful mother of all peoples! In truth you came to be as a lily among thorns then, when you were present at that sad and unprecedented crowning, in the middle of those wicked people, standing trembling, staring at the Father on Heaven and at the suffering Son, with tears of blood, without cursing, but observing the Divine Will”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
Explanation: The lily among thorns can symbolise, in a nonspecific manner, the sufferings of Jesus during the Passion: “Christ, Ambrose states, was the lily among thorns when he was among the Jews, who defamed, accused and crucified him”. However, in this Consideratio, this metaphor taken from the Song of Songs refers to a particular episode: The Crowning with thorns. Besides, Ginther not only applies this simile to the crowned Jesus, but also to Mary when she witnesses this crowning: “Oh pious Domina, oh sorrowful mother of all peoples! In truth you came to be as a lily among thorns then, when you were present at that sad and unprecedented crowning, in the middle of those wicked people, standing trembling, staring at the Father on Heaven and at the suffering Son, with tears of blood, without cursing, but observing the Divine Will”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
