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Gethsemane

From the April 2015 Print Edition

Gethsemane means “olive press.”A place where the fruit of the tree is crushed and squeezedand the unbearable pressure releases the oil inside.And as the will of the Fathermet the will of the Son,the unbearable pressurecrushing and squeezing him,the thorns of our wasteland digging ever deeper,the . . . . Continue Reading »