Moments with the consoling Christ/The Cross Of Christ
The Cross of Christ
God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
— Gal. 6:14.
O CROSS of my Saviour! I adore Thee, I embrace thee with the most profound humility, the most ardent love.
O CROSS, how happy art thou to have pillowed the thorn-crowned head of the Holy of Holies, and supported His nail-pierced feet! Thou art forever sanctified by the body of Jesus and consecrated by His blood.
THOU art the bed of pain which heard the last words and received the last sigh of the Son of God; the altar upon which He offered Himself for the sins of the world. Thou art the Ark of the Covenant bearing the Author of the Old and the New Testament, the urn of gold enclosing the hidden Manna, the treasury of the riches of heaven.
BLESSED Cross! from thee have come the Sacraments of the Church. By thee Priests are consecrated, the sick receive the last anointing, the dying are strengthened and comforted.
O CROSS of my Redeemer and my Cod, how sweet and powerful thou art to heal the wounds of our soul, to comfort our sorrowing hearts! Thou hast brought salvation and joy to the world, and plunged into hell the demons of gloom and despair.
THOU art the hope of the faithful, the shield of martyrs, the strength of confessors, the crown of virgins, the consolation of the sorrowing, the support of old age, the guide of youth, and the refuge of all in tribulation.
PRECIOUS tree, thou that hast borne on thy branches the Fruit of Life, and witnessed the anguish of the Mother of Jesus, grant that at my death I may be received by Him to whom thou hast served as the instrument of my salvation. Amen.