Holy Rood

I saw some stills from the movie of a Santa Fe diesel with a big red star painted over the Holy Rood.

Reader Questions.... 2007

So in this brief reflection I've tried to express the sense that I have of the work that's been done at Holy Rood, which goes on being done, and how it asks questions, both of what we think of health and what we think of theology.

Hildegard Lecture, Thirsk 2003

So in this brief reflection I've tried to express the sense that I have of the work that's been done at Holy Rood, which goes on being done, and how it asks questions, both of what we think of health and what we think of theology.

Hildegard Lecture, Thirsk 2003

When they come to Jerusalem, after much enquiry of the wisest men, and great difficulty, the Queen is conducted to the Mount of Crucifixion, by one Judas who knows the story of Redemption, and who the Queen insists shall point out the resting place of the Holy Rood.

Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey

His poetry is literally stamped with the mark of the Holy Rood.

Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey

He sprang to his feet in great wrath, and cried aloud: "I vow by my knighthood, and by the Holy Rood, that I will go forth to find that proud giant, and will never leave him till I have overcome him."

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

The Sacred Heart has 8 dedications, the Holy Rood 3.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Of the great-hearted, if at times cruel Saladin and his fierce Saracens; of the rout at Hattin itself, on whose rocky height the Holy Rood was set up as a standard and captured, to be seen no more by Christian eyes; and of the Iast surrender, whereby the Crusaders lost Jerusalem forever.

The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

About this time there happened a very hot and dry summer; so dry that there was not grass for the cattle; upon which most of the inhabitants went and prayed to the image or Holy Rood, that it would cause it to rain, but to no purpose.

The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book Revised Edition, 1890 William Henry Gladstone 1866

Wherefore little Osberne had the said knife hidden under his raiment, along with the parchment whereon was scored the Holy Rood and the good words of wisdom written.

The Sundering Flood William Morris 1865