Look Learn and Grow - A Tree of Life: Symbol of Growth and Wisdom
The tree of life is a powerful Christian symbol, representing both our pristine pre-fall condition and Christ’s cross.
Pope Francis has said: “What counts is being permeated with Christ’s love, allowing oneself to be led by the Holy Spirit, and grafting one’s own existence onto the tree of life, which is the Cross of the Lord. . . .”
Recent discoveries and insights are leading scientists to envision life on earth as a tree with several trunks and all the varied life-forms growing as limbs from these trunks. This vision began with Charles Darwin, who wrote that the “great Tree of Life fills with its dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with its ever branching and beautiful ramifications.” (For more, click to read “Scientists Unveil a New ‘Tree of Life'” in The New York Times.)
So the tree of life may be seen as a symbol for all life; it is also an archetypal symbol appearing throughout the world’s religions; and, for Christians, of course, it is a testament to the ever-growing, timeless love of God. Christ’s cross is the tree our hope hangs on.
The tree of life is the love of God.
-St. Isaac the Syrian
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The filigreed tree of life is one of our most beautiful pieces.
The Filigreed Tree of Life Cross has deep biblical resonance and makes for a powerful and enduring natural symbol of the Christian faith. The Filigreed Tree of Life Cross is an exquisite gift for those special occasions and events: a birthday, a first communion, a confirmation, a graduation, a wedding, a wedding anniversary, and a housewarming. This solid bronze wall cross, of distinctive heirloom quality, will be prominently displayed and treasured for many years to come!
A Solid Bronze Filigreed Wall Cross in Two Sizes from Germany
The Filigreed Tree of Life Wall Cross is available in two sizes - medium (m800297 - 5.2 x 4 inches) and large (m800988 - 10.5 by 8.6 inches). This finely detailed, openwork, bronze wall cross was desigend and cast in a monastery workshop and foundry in Germany. This wall cross will be an exceedingly special gift for that exceedingly special person in your life!
The Cross of Christ is the Tree of Life
The Tree of Life plays a major role in the first book of the Bible (Genesis 2:9; 3:22, 24) and in the last book of the Bible (Revelation 2:7; 22:2,14,19). Our Tree of Life is the Cross of Christ which evokes the Tree of Life in Genesis and finds full fruit in the Tree of Life in Revelation. The promise of Eternal life - lost in Genesis, won back in the Gospels, and definitively realized in Revelation - transforms the Tree of Life into a most enduring and powerful symbol of our hope and destiny as we cling firmly to the wood of the Tree of Life - the Cross of Christ.
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