For those who observe "holy week" in the various Christian traditions,
a short meditation on the legendary "mother pelican" symbol ....

Adoro te supplex, latens deitas

     O thou our reminder
     of Christ crucified,
     Living Bread the life
     of us for whom he died,
     Lend this life to me then:
     feed and feast my mind,
     There be thou the sweetness
     man was meant to find.

     Bring the tender tale
     true of the Pelican;
     Bathe me, Jesus Lord,
     in what thy bosom ran –
     Blood that but one drop of
     has the worth to win
     All the world forgiveness
     of its world of sin.

St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century,
tr. Gerard Hopkins, 19th century.

-- 
Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Editor, "Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence"
Home page: http://pelicanweb.org/solisust.html
Current issue: http://pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n04.html
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