Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Generation after generation passes. And in the midst of this passing, the Cross of Christ remains. Through the Cross, God continuously proclaims to the world the infinite love which no created evil is able to overcome. Yes, the Cross remains, so that in it the world, indeed every human person, may find the way of salvation. For it is by this Cross that the world is saved!....

The Cross of Christ has indeed triumphed.... The Christian faith has taken root and brought forth abundant fruit. And yet evangelization must continue. The Good News of Christ’s Death and Resurrection must be constantly proclaimed anew, for the Church always needs to be built up in faith and charity....

And the greatest word that God has ever spoken to humanity through his only-begotten Son is the Cross, the word of the Cross....  Let us never forget the Cross, the triumphant Cross.

Let us never forget the works of the Lord! (Cfr. Ps. 78[77]:7).  Amen.

~Bl. John Paul II, 9/14/88 Homily

Carry me, Christ,

on the Cross,

which is salvation to the wanderers,

sole rest for the wearied,

wherein alone is life for those who die.

~St. Ambrose