Head Of The Medusa And Jesus On The Holy Cross

The ancient Greeks recounted a very impressive saga of the great hero Perseus. He sat at the wedding supper with the beautiful Andromeda. Then the hall door is torn open, and another king appears to steal the Andromeda. It breaks a wild fight. Already many have fallen. Perseus comes in need because the enemies are in large numbers.Then Perseus calls to his enemies: “You force me to the utmost and most terrible! ” And while he holds in a bag that hangs on his side, he exclaims: “Turn away his face, who is my friend! ” Then his hand holds up the horrible head of Medusa. This Medusa was a terrible monster: instead of hair, she had snakes on her head. Whoever saw her froze to stone. Everything that is horrible, everything that makes the blood stagnant, has been embodied in the Medusa main. There in the hall now Perseus holds her severed head high. And his enemies solidify to stone. A look at the Medusa kills them forever.

The Gospel tells – and this time it is not a myth – the counterpart. It tells us about ahead of the dead whose sight gives eternal life until this day.

„At that time Jesus spoke to Nicodemus:
As Moses raised the serpent in the wilderness,
so the Son of Man must be raised,
so that everyone who believes in him has eternal life in him” (From the holy Gospel in The Holy Bible according to St. John,3rd Chapter, verses 14 and 15) .

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