So beautiful is the cross of Christ, so well expressed by each post here. Bless you for this wonderful share. May I learn at last to kiss the cross, to share in the sufferings of Christ, as His heart was broken for love, may mine be also. Blessings to you in His love.

@Rene...so very true!

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The Church follows her beloved Spouse - if He was humiliated, we too are humiliated, if He was lied against, we too can expect the same, if He died, we too die with Him. If He rose from the dead, we too shall rise. We move always from death to life, through the Cross to Resurection. There is no other Way. - Blessings - Rene

TES..your welcome!

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Thank you for posting this!

No greater love is there than for a man to lay his life down for his friends. Lord by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
FOR THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING, BUT TO US WHO ARE BEING SAVED IT IS THE POWER OF GOD.
St Paul
Corinthians 1:17-31

EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS: This feast was originally celebrated soley to honor the anniversary of the discovery of the Holy Cross by St. Helena and the dedication of the basilica consecrated at Jerusalem on September 14, 335, on the very site of the Holy Sepulchre and of Calvary. At a later date however, some confusion about the object of the celebration caused September 14 to be regarded as the commemoration of another event - the return of the Holy Cross by the Persians in 629. It had been … [More]