Exultation Of The Holy Cross Insert

Exultation of the Holy Cross

Suffering and Salvation Isn’t it amazing that we base our religion on an instrument of execution intended to bring the cruelest suffering and most humiliating death to the lowest of human beings, the dregs of society. We take images of that horrible instrument and we hang them as decorations in our houses, we make jewelry in its image, and we trace its image over our bodies whenever we pray. We are a religion of the cross and of all that it stood for. We do not run away from suffering and death, but rather we transform them into salvation and resurrection. We do not run away from humiliation, but rather we joyfully accept humiliation for the sake of the glory of God. We do not run away from the lowest of human beings, but rather we embrace them as other Christs. When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself, says the Lord. The powers of this world are nothing compared to the power of the cross of Christ. Gerald Darring

“Christ in His boundless love freely underwent His passion and death because of the sins of all men, so that all might attain salvation. It is, therefore, the duty of the Church’s preaching to proclaim the cross of Christ as the sign of God’s allembracing love and as the fountain from which every grace flows.” Vatican II, Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (1965) 4 September 14, 2008

Some καιρός / kairos thoughts… καιρός / kairos—Greek—time—viewed as an occasion rather than an extent

I know you don't mean to hurt others I know you hurt them I know you are mean at times I know too that you are sorry for all of this

Prayer List

it takes time if you wish to forgive if you wish to ask pardon and be pardoned— it will be given to you maybe no words will be necessary trust in me and trust others I understand you do you understand me come, waste some time with me

anda Poem from liturgy.slu.edu

Today Christ is exalted, “lifted up” on the cross. He is exalted for he is our salvation, our life and our resurrection. We glory in the cross of Christ Jesus; he is a king lifted up and crowned triumphant upon the throne of the tree of life. Catechumens are signed with the cross and we begin every liturgical celebration with this sign of Christ and of Christian life. Do you begin each day with the sign of the cross? Do you trace it on the foreheads of all in your household? Wear this sign of our faith proudly. Amen! Michael Prendergrast, S.T.D. © 2003 Oregon Catholic Press. All rights reserved.

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