Sublime

Our elders say that ceremonies are the way we “remember to remember,” and so sweetgrass is a powerful ceremonial plant cherished by many indigenous nations.

Tomad, Señor; y recibid toda mi libertad, mi memoria, mi entendimiento y toda mi voluntad, todo mi haber y mi poseer; Vos me lo disteis, a Vos, Señor, lo torno; todo es vuestro, disponed a toda vuestra voluntad. Dadme vuestro amor y gracia que ésta me basta (234).

She was a confirmed iconodule, and in 843, in her son’s name, she revoked the iconoclast laws of the past three decades and reinstituted the use of icons in Church worship and private devotion once and for all.