The Cross is…
The Cross is the resurrection of the dead. The Cross is the hope of Christians…The Cross is the foundation of the Church, the establishment of the universe. –Saint Ephrem of Syria (c. 306 – 373)
For no one crosses…
For no one crosses the sea except on wood, or this world except on the Cross.
–Saint Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167)
Where the cross is…
It is not possible to represent and to think of the cross without love. Where the cross is, there is love. In church you see crosses everywhere and on everything, in order that everything should remind you that you are in the temple of the God of love, the temple of love crucified for us.
— Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
The way of the cross…
The way of the cross is this expiation. The triple collapse under the burden of the cross corresponds to the triple fall of humanity: the first sin, the rejection of the Savior by his chosen people, and the falling away of those who bear the name of Christian.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
The cross must be borne…
The cross must be borne by everyone who wishes to be saved, in accord with the good pleasure of God the grace He gives them, though all are aiming at the goal, yet each one goes by their own road, as God guides them.
— Saint John of God (1495-1550)
Let us go to…
Let us go to the foot of the Cross, and there complain — if we have the courage.
— Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
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