ext_46285 ([identity profile] logospilgrim.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] northangel27 2009-05-31 11:45 pm (UTC)

*bows to the ground*

I have been told that by God's grace, it has helped loved ones cope with what happened to him. As you know, I do not at all hesitate to call him a saint (for one does not need be perfect to be a saint... Even difficult people have been saints). Towards the end of the book, I wrote,


Lilies are called the “white-robed apostles of hope.” Snape was just such an apostle.

Hope is the power behind love.
~ St. John Climacus

As the golden anthers inside the Easter Lily are a symbol of heavenly light, thus was Snape’s heart a fragrant white vessel overflowing with the radiance of Paradise.

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