Three Trees

On the celebration of the Holy Cross and its Veneration, we have three trees in view. The first, the Tree of Life, which is God Himself. The second, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil whereby with ascetic struggle we can all acquire that purity of heart without which no one can even see the first Tree, God, let alone receive the Life that flows from Him. And finally, the third tree, the Tree of the Cross that we venerate whereupon our lives are blessed and not cursed; the Law giving way to Grace, the Cross to Resurrection.