Posts Tagged ‘Holy Cross’
Episode 422 – The Cross Leads to Life
During Great Lent we are not simply following rules. We are learning to deny ourselves. We are learning to take up our Cross. We are learning how to follow Christ. If we spend life focusing on ourselves, we will never take up the struggle of our cross. The Church focuses on the Cross so that…
Read MoreThe Cross: A Sign of Victory Rather than Defeat
High above our Church stands a cross for all passersby to see. The cross, a long-time symbol of our Christian Faith, is held high in honor of the victory that Christ accomplishes in our lives every day. “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”…
Read MoreHalf-Way Evaluation
Today is the half-way point of Great Lent. You now realize the days go by quickly when you’re focusing on Christ. You also realize that Pascha will be here ‘before you know it,’ and you still have work to do. It’s time for evaluation. Let’s review what the Church has asked us to focus on…
Read MoreEpisode 404 – The Power and Promise of God
Christ made a promise that everyone who believes in Christ will have eternal life. Just as He promised in the Old Testament when Moses was leading the People of God in the wilderness, God promises us that if we look at Christ on the Cross with faith, we will have eternal life. Even if we…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 25
There is an old joke among parents. If your children are quiet, they’re up to something. All parents know this to be true. Children who are getting in trouble avoid detection at all costs. As parents we laugh, but as a Church we weep. If left alone, we all eventually get in trouble. These are…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 21
Half-way through Great and Holy Lent we are brought face-to-face with the Veneration of the Precious and Holy Cross of Christ. In the Gospel read on the Third Sunday of Lent, Jesus calls each of us to discipleship with the words, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his…
Read MoreEpisode 376 – We Have to Come Down off our High Horse
God came down from heaven to lift us up to heaven. If we believe in Him, we will be raised up to heaven by Christ. We have to learn to stop looking down on everyone as if we are the ones who are perfect. When we do not believe in Christ, we are already condemned.…
Read MoreAnother Year; Another Chance
We come once again to the Sunday before the Feast of Holy Cross. Year after year the Church begins the cycle of Feasts in September. Our annual commemoration of the Holy Cross is an annual reminder both of God’s love for us and our love for Him. It gives us another chance, year after year,…
Read MoreFaith of the Ancients
Today begins the ‘Fifteen Days of August’ which is a period of fasting and preparation for the Feast of the Dormition (earthly death) of the Virgin Mary. Today also commemorates an ancient tradition of the Church with the Holy Cross for the healing of the people. We can learn a great deal from the faith…
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