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O Cross, more splendid than all the stars,Glorious to the world,
Greatly to be loved by men,
More holy than all things that are,
Thou who alone wast worthy to weigh the gold of the world’s ransom,
Sweet tree, beloved nails,
Bearing the Love-Burden,
Save us who have come together here, this day,
In choirs for Thy Praise!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
–Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Dominican Life on Lotus Lane 