Have you found your Have you found your cross yet?cross yet?

You can’t follow Christ until you find it.

He himself pointed that out:He himself pointed that out: “If anyone wishes to come after “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and me, he must deny himself and

take up his cross daily and follow take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23). me.” (Luke 9:23).

Yes, the joy of the Resurrection Yes, the joy of the Resurrection always rises out of the pain of always rises out of the pain of the crucifixion. Only by battling the crucifixion. Only by battling to resist the urges of selfishness to resist the urges of selfishness out of love for God and his out of love for God and his Kingdom can we experience the Kingdom can we experience the peace of Christ’s lovepeace of Christ’s love

The cross is at the heart of the The cross is at the heart of the Christian message.Christian message.

It is the intersection of the human It is the intersection of the human and the divine, the arms of God and the divine, the arms of God

outstretched to embrace outstretched to embrace suffering mankind, the new tree suffering mankind, the new tree of eternal life whose fruit is the of eternal life whose fruit is the

Holy Eucharist.Holy Eucharist.

We all have our personal We all have our personal combination of selfish tendencies, combination of selfish tendencies, our own recipe of challenges and our own recipe of challenges and difficulties in life, which make up difficulties in life, which make up

the fiber of our cross.the fiber of our cross.

Have you found yours? Have you found yours? Do you pick it up each day? Do you pick it up each day?

““We should glory in the We should glory in the cross of our lord Jesus cross of our lord Jesus

Christ, for Christ, for HHe is our e is our salvation, our life and our salvation, our life and our resurrection; through Him resurrection; through Him

we are saved and made we are saved and made free.” (Cf. Galatians 6:14)free.” (Cf. Galatians 6:14)

Look for your cross and Look for your cross and embrace it with all your embrace it with all your

strength. strength.

It will be your life raft, It will be your life raft, your ladder, your secret your ladder, your secret passage right into the passage right into the

heart of the Lord.heart of the Lord. PPS APPS A....aa