Triumph of the Cross
.PANALO KA!
These are some good news that happened in our present time. We can term them as good news because somehow they strengthen our desires to do good, inspire us and lighten our loads and not be burdened by them or to become added crosses in our life.
Good news always reminds us to the graces of God. And of course, problems and undesirable news often are like crosses that make our life heavy laden. Today, as we commemorate the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross-, let us look on to these two factors, the triumph over our own crosses as Jesus triumphs over sin through his self sacrifice on the cross.
The symbol of the Cross is SALVATION. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved. The cross is the symbol of our salvation. It is the wood of the cross upon which Jesus hung, died and our sins were consequently forgiven. Good Friday come to my mind and invite me to recall this instrument of our salvation. The cross is often associated with death, humiliation, burdens, and sinfulness yet there is much more to it.. We easily fall into the trap of seeing the negative rather than to the positive side of what the meaning of the cross in our life of faith. But what is exactly the meaning of Jesus’ cross in our life.
The Meaning of the Cross is VICTORY. : And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the dessert, so as the Son of Man be lifted up” The real meaning of “being lifted up on the cross” is victory over death, the resurrection, where. Jesus exalted by the Father, bestowed on him the name above every other name as the second reading states. The lifting up of Jesus is comparable to Moses’ lifting up of the serpent in the dessert. As instructed by God, Moses made a bronze serpent, put it on a pole, and lifted it up before the people. Everyone who looks at it recovered from the snakebites. In similar way, everyone who looks at Jesus, lifted up in the crucifixion and resurrection, and believes in him will have eternal life. How do we live this victory of Christ in our life?
The cross “is the central emblem of our FAITH”. For God so love the world that he gave His only Son, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. The cross is the emblem and the central symbol of our faith. We believe in the divine mystery of God’s love, which He gave His Son, his begotten, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. We often make the sign of the cross; this reminds us that inside this gesture we utter the Holy Trinity, the God the Father who loves us so much, the Son who was lifted up on the cross and resurrection for our salvation, the Holy Spirit who always sanctify us in our life of faith.
Brothers and Sisters, as we live life day by day, the cross always reminds us with meaning of Jesus’ sacrifice and victory, let us in this eucharistic celebration be strengthened in our faith journey, and confident to bear our own cross because of God’s love for us and experience his victory and glory at the end.
On this feast let us exalt the cross of Christ and not deny our own.
Kung si Kristo PANALO, tayo din PANALO!
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