To See Christ Above the Crowd
Zacchaeus, Childhood Wonder and the Tree That Leads Us to the Cross
Zacchaeus, Childhood Wonder and the Tree That Leads Us to the Cross
Nietzsche sought strength in the will to power, but the cross proclaims a deeper wisdom he could not hear — a word that reveals the mystery of divine strength in weakness.
Can it be possible that there is some joy promised in the Cross?
SCRIPTURES & ART: God has given you your life and your cross. It’s the right size for you. Take it up!
“Along with the cross, the symbol of the Sacred Heart is the Catholic Christian sign of that love,” said Cardinal Collins, who released a 21-page pastoral letter on the Sacred Heart April 28.
“Christ assumed a body,” said St. Macarius, “and using the cross as his plowshare, cultivated the barren soul of man.”
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According to a parishioner in the Chinese province of Anhui named John, Chinese officials cut down the cross from the top of Our Lady of the Rosary Church on April 18.
The Crucifixion is the center of the universe, where love, death and suffering meet.
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