The Legend of the Dogwood

There is a legend that at the time of the Crucifixion

the dogwood had been the size of the oak tree and other

trees of the forest. So firm and strong was the tree that

it was chosen as the timber for the cross.

To be used thus for such a cruel purpose greatly

distressed the tree. Jesus, nailed upon it, sensed

this, and in His gentle pity for all sorrow and suffering

said to it, "Because of your regret and pity for My

suffering, never again shall the dogwood tree grow large

enough to be used as a cross.

"Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted,

and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross.. two long

and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge

of each petal there will nail prints, brown with rust and

stained with red, and in the center of the flower will be

a crown of thorns, and all who see it will remember."

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