Recognize and Receive

"Blest is the wood through which justice comes about."

Wisdom 14:7

FEAST of the
EXALTATION of the CROSS

September 14

 "How splendid the cross of Christ! It brings life, not death; light, not darkness; Paradise, not its loss. It is the wood on which the Lord, like a great warrior, was wounded in hands and feet and side, but healed thereby our wounds. A tree has destroyed us, a tree now brought us life." ~ Theodore of Studios

Giotto - Assisi

"Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.

Receive in this bread that which was hanged on the cross; receive in this cup that which was poured from Christ's side. For he will gain death, not life, who thinks Christ is a liar." ~ St Augustine

O Jesus, Jesus, I no longer feel my cross

when I think of yours!"

St. Bernadette Soubirous

 

“With a boundless and blazing love get up

and take a bath in Christ’s blood,

hide in the wounds of Christ crucified….

Keep living in God’s holy and tender love.”

 

St. Catherine of Siena 

 

"On the Cross human misery and divine mercy meet. ...The Cross is planted in the earth and would seem to extend its roots in human malice, but it reaches up, pointing as it were to the heavens, pointing to the goodness of God. By means of the Cross of Christ, the Evil One has been defeated, death is overcome, life is given to us, hope is restored, light is imparted. O Crux, ave spes unica!…"

— Pope Bl John Paul II - Excerpt from homily 09/14/03