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(Singing the song from Sunday school) “Bull frogs and butterflies have both been born again…” And that there is a Passion flower. Three nails, though: not four like in the Eastern style 🙂
Looks a little fruity. (I should know…)
Yep, you have it, but not from the Sunday School song. Would you believe that Saint Basil used the butterfly as one of his examples of resurrection? And, though little mentioned, one of the frequent carvings in the catacombs was the butterfly.
The Passion fruit reminds me of my Latino heritage. It is native to South America, though it is now grown in many parts of the world. The name was given to it by Roman Catholic missionaries who said that:
The three stigmas were to reflect the three nails in Jesus’s hands and feet.
The threads of the passion flower were believed to be a symbol of the crown of thorns.
The vine’s tendrils were likened to the whips.
The five anthers represented the five wounds.