Giles de Laval writes about why scribes use the symbol of a rose. "It is a complex symbol comprising enduring love, beauty, the measure of perfection, sacrifice for a heartfelt desire, secrecy, transience of worldly matters. Roses are very commonly met with in a variety of contexts. Associated with the Virgin as the Rosa Mundi (The Rose of the world), it symbolizes her motherhood and perfection, the Biblical flowering stem of Jesse which leads to Christ her son, and through her a symbol of God's love for the world. White eglantine rose is symbolic of purity and the briar rose was emblematic of the pleasures and pains of love." No wonder a "rose" is drawn or given or spoken and used especially in written poems, essays, love notes. It portrays meaning, emotions and feelings.
The Scribes of old were the ones who wrote the words of others to promote the Kingdom of God. Jesus is also a type of Scribe. He writes His words on our hearts. He is the Living Word.
John 1:1-5 "In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created..."
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The stories associated with the grandchildren were very good, but I like this one emphasizing God's love- not as pretty as come of the others, but aren't we all fooled too often by looks?
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