The LEGEND of the
DOGWOOD
An old and beautiful legend has it that,
Because of its firmness and strength it was
"Because of your sorrow and pity for My sufferings,
Henceforth it will be slender, bent and twisted
In the center of the outer edge of each petal
at the time of the crucifixion,
the dogwood was comparable in size to the oak tree
and other monarchs of the forest.
selected as the timber for the cross,
but to be put to such a cruel use greatly distressed the tree.
Sensing this, the crucified Jesus in his gentle pity for
the sorrow and suffering of all said to it:
never again will the dogwood tree grow large enough
to be used as a cross.
and its blossoms will be in the form of a cross,
two long and two short petals.
there will be nail prints brown with rust and
stained with red and in the center of the flower
will be a crown of thorns, and
all who see this will remember."
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