[Mad Dawg]

It’s hard to impossible for me to imagine Him exalting in an image of Himself still on a cross.

What I'm saying is look (or imagine) and say to yourself, "This is the omnipotence and bliss of God in action."

In the words of Fr Guido Sarducci: It's a mystery!

In the words of Cane Pazzo (Mad Dawg): It's a WONDERFUL mystery that, as God's grace grows in me, may finally kill my deisre to have everything come out my way ... and that's just a fraction of the mystery that it is.)

I'm not against "empty" crosses. Don't get me wrong. Here where I am right now I have two crucifixes. One is the sort of classic with "realistic (but not gory) "corpus". The other has Christ standing, robed and crowned as priest and king. All worth contemplation.

[Quix]

Thanks for your kind reply.

I think I understand your perspective.