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TODAY’S WORD…

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The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction!

But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.

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– 1 Corinthians 1:18

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REFLECTION…

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The cross of Christ leads the way to true wisdom and prudence.

No one may remain indifferent to it.

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Some people see the message of the Cross as irrational:

these are on the road to perdition.

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Others – those who are on the road to salvation –

are discovering that the Cross is the very power of God,

because it has conquered the devil and sin.

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QUOTE…

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"O most precious gift of the Cross!

How splendid it looks! […]

It is a tree which begets life, without causing death;

which sheds light, without casting shadows;

which leads to Paradise and does not expel anyone therefrom;

it is the wood which Christ ascended, as a king mounting his chariot,

to defeat the devil who had usurped the power of death,

and to set mankind free from the thrall in which the devil held it.”

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– St Theodore the Studite

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PRAYER…

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I adore You, O Christ, and I bless You,

because by Your Holy Cross You have saved the world.

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