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Venantius Fortunatus, 6th century

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In honor of Holy Week, and our word, holy, I’m presenting one of the grandest hymns in the Christian tradition, a mighty poem that I think pierces to the heart of sorrow and triumph, and shows most powerfully the complete inversion of worldly values that the Cross represents. Th…