Burning Bush Pendant

This sterling silver pin (1.25 x 1 inches)(3 x 2.5 mm) can also be worn as a pendant. It was handcrafted by Armando Perez Gomez, the son of José Gomez, who as a young man apprenticed in the "Taller" of William Spratling, Taxco's Famous Silver Entrepeneur and founder of a world renowned school of Silver Design. Armando and his brothers have continued this tradition both in creative design and supurb craftsmanship.

Monks have always sought out deserted places, a place of silence and solitude to encounter the living God. The desert fathers of old also saw the desert as the dwelling place of demons where the monk went to fight the demons within.

Our logo is one expression of this deserted place. The bush symbolizes the burning bush of Moses in the desert (Exodus 3:1-6). Moses was alone in the desert and saw a bush burning, but not consumed. As he approached, he heard a voice telling him to take off his sandals for he was on holy ground. In the midst of the burning bush logo there are two main branches that create a cross. For the monks of Christ in the Desert this points to the presence of Christ in the desert, the experience of the living God in the deserted place.