The Exaltation of the cross
Today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross;
For many people the cross is something to be avoided not exalted.
Yet the cross is embedded in the very DNA of our lives.
For Nothing valuable
Nothing precious;
Nothing worthwhile ever takes place without a cross
No achievement has ever been won without the cross of hard work.
No love has ever been experienced without the cross of sacrifice.
No Peace has ever endured without the cross of forgiveness.
If we dare to attempt greatness
Or love or Peace, or anything of value
it will entail the cross.
Every cross we carry while difficult bears fruit;
There in lies the victory;
The exaltation of the cross.
What cross are you carrying today?
Ask yourself what fruit you want to come of it?
Jesus had His cross
And it bore the fruit of Eternal Life.
None of our crosses are in vain;
They all bear fruit
If we carry them with Faith.
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