Good Friday
It is he who was made man of the Virgin,
He was seized from the flock, —Saint Melito of Sardis
Photo courtesy of the our "twin" monastery, Monastère de Chalais . This is the relief on the roof of their 12th century church.
he who was hung on the tree;
He is the mute lamb,
the slain lamb,
the lamb born of Mary, the fair ewe.
dragged off to be slaughtered,
sacrificed in the evening,
and buried at night.