A holy trinity of sacred incense, Egyptian musk, and fully blooming lotus flowers.
You drew us out of your holy mind
like a flower
petaled with our soul's three powers,
and into each power
you put the whole plant,
so that they might bear fruit in your garden,
might come back to you
with the fruit you gave them.
And you would come back to the soul,
to fill her with your blessedness.
- Catherine of Siena, 14th Century
Art: Lotus by Nicholas Roerich, 1933
A holy trinity of sacred incense, Egyptian musk, and fully blooming lotus flowers.
You drew us out of your holy mind
like a flower
petaled with our soul's three powers,
and into each power
you put the whole plant,
so that they might bear fruit in your garden,
might come back to you
with the fruit you gave them.
And you would come back to the soul,
to fill her with your blessedness.
- Catherine of Siena, 14th Century
Art: Lotus by Nicholas Roerich, 1933