The Exaltation of the Holy CrossFathers, Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
As the Holy Cross is so central to our Christian Faith, I thought it to be appropriate to share a few thoughts on this feast with you today.
The Cross is the throne from which Jesus Christ teaches us humility, patience, obedience and brotherly love. Jesus Himself said ( John 12 31-36 ) “ Yes, if only I am lifted up from this earth, I will attract all men to Myself.The crowd to which He preached saying these words offcourse questioned them :” What dost Thou mean by saying that the Son of Man must be lifted up? What Son of Man is this? Jesus’ response to this is very moving: “The Light is among you still, but only for a short time. Finish your journey while you still have the light, for fear darkness should overtake you; he who journeys in darkness cannot tell which way he is going. While you still have the light, have faith in the light, that so you may become children of the light.
The people at that time still had the opportunity to give their lives to Christ and in fact become children of the light. There is definitely a message for us in this Gospel for life in 2006. We must be aware from the turmoil of this world around us, which portrays misery, sin , heresy and death, that so many are walking in darkness and don’t know where they are going at all. While we are on this pilgrimage, we might still have a little time left to shed away the works of darkness and become as Jesus so rightly puts it “Children of the light”
Can we make once again the sign of the Cross, a sign of our own? We can, because the sign of the Cross delivers us from evil and from our enemies. Every time we go to Mass we are fed with the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ our Lord by whom the standard of the Cross was sanctified. Through the Cross we have been accounted worthy to worship Him, so we may forever enjoy the effect of His salutary Glory.
Let us therefore acknowledge the Mystery of the Cross of Christ, so that we may attain the rewards of His Redemption in Heaven.
If you have to not done so , claim the Cross of Christ, there is still time, if you have wondered away into the darkness, return to the Light and re-claim the Cross of Christ.
AMEN.
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