The name "Rose of Sharon" first appears in Hebrew in the Tanakh. In the Shir Hashirim ('Song of Songs' or 'Song of Solomon') 2:1, the speaker (the beloved) says "I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valley."
Many symbolically call Jesus Christ the Rose of Sharon. This rose has perfection of shape, color and fragrance. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is perfection. He has the firmness of a man with the tenderness of a woman.
The rose is the universal flower of beauty - it belongs to all, rich or poor. Thus, too, does Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, belong to all.
Christ, Son of the Living God, be to us a living fragrance of the world that is to come, Amen.
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