St. Gregory says that the pomegranate, by its bright red colour, its
beautiful corona, and numerous seeds so well arranged, sweetly
represents charity. Charity is red, by the ardour with which it burns
for God, is adorned with the variety of every virtue, and obtains and
wears for ever the crown of eternal rewards.--_St. Francis of Sales._
Bees never sting so sharply as when they are themselves mortally
wounded. How can we fail to be wounded with love for our adorable
Saviour, when we contemplate Him wounded for us, even unto death and
the death of the Cross; to be wounded, I say, with a wound the more
painfully loving, as His was more lovingly painful; nor can we ever
love Him as much as His death and His love merit.--_The same._