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The Cross

"The cross is love." St. Teresa of Avila

Let us talk on the Cross. I have listed the topic on this writing, "The cross is
love." St. Teresa of Avila.
Back when God created everything and Man and Woman fell from the grace of God; t
he share of Divine Life. God had in the plans from the start of redemption; beca
use God knows all and it was the test He gave the Angels. Those Angels who said,
"I will not serve that man who is God."
God knew He had to redeem us; why did He chose to become Man and die on the cros
s? God could of snapped His fingers and everything would of been made perfect ag
ain; but God chose to humble Himself to walk among us, to experience all the har
dships we suffer; to become close to us; so we won't feel all alone and that God
will know what we go through.
Jesus; the God-Man; in the Passion; He was tested in the garden and felt all the
sorrow; as we see in the movie; Satan; tested Him in the garden.
God the Father sent Jesus a angel to comfort Him and to strengthen Him. Jesus pa
ssed the Test and Remained faithful to the Father and stomped the head of the sn
ake in that movie.
Jesus started off better than Adam did in the Garden of Eden; Jesus beat off the
temptation to give up the chalice of suffering given by the Father. Jesus praye
d; His face transformed and the Apostles could see the fear and sorrow in His fa
ce.
A while before at the Sermon on the Mount; Jesus gave the doctrine of what it me
ans to be a follower; "Whoever wants to follow Me, you must deny yourself, pick
up your cross and carry it daily."
What does Jesus mean to deny ourself? St. John the Bapist in the Jordan said it
wonderfully: "I must decrease and the Lord must increase." We are to decrease, d
ie to the world and let the Lord increase in our life and in the world around us
.

Now, in the garden; Jesus wanted the Father to be glorified through Him and to l
et the Father's Will be done. To have the Father's Will be done; meant the Son d
ying for us and redeeming us from our sins and eternal death.
Through this Jesus allowed Himself to be taken like a lamb; so innocent and pure
through the judgement; as the lamb was checked out to see if it is pure and whe
n was found out to be pure; Jesus was silent and always at prayer.

Finally, Jesus accepted His cross with love. He embraced the cross and accepted
it freely. But to see Jesus' cross; we must see everything that is given to us i
n Scripture.
Which would be when He was born in that cold cave on that early Christmas mornin
g.
Followed by the leaving early to go to Egypt to be kept from being murdered. His
life which is given in Scripture; showed the start of His mission and His cross
.
He embraced everything in a gentle nature; even when He whipped the money change
rs and tax collectors and traders; to remove them from the temple; to restore th
e House of His Father.
His cross was designed by the Father; so He could handle it God gives us our cro
sses; but they are designed so we can carry the Cross but not get wore out. If t
he Cross seems too much; we can ask God to help us or take away some of the cros
s.
When Jesus accepted the cross with love; He gave us the way to accept our cross;
by accepting it and embracing it with Love. The Way of the Cross; Jesus showed
us the Love of the Cross.
With the cross bars of the Cross; where the arms reach out; this is where the Lo
ve comes from. Is there a ending to the cross bars? No.
They are never ending; it is the picture of God's Mercy; His Mercy never ends. T
he Cross is Love; because the cross-bars reach out as a hug welcoming us home; w
elcoming those sinners who repent home. This is the Cross and it is Love.
God bless

The Cross: II
"The Cross is love." St. Teresa of Avila
How can the Cross be love?
When Jesus was nailed to the Cross; in one of His prophetic sayings on the Passi
on to the Apostles or to some saying, "When I am raised up; I will draw all men
to myself." Which means all people will be brough to Him on the Cross.
How much does Jesus love us? His love is never ending; because the cross-bars ha
ve no ending. It is a never ending hug or embrace of love and mercy to us.
When He talked about that; He was talking about; He will bring all people to Him
through His mercy and love.
Just like the Cross; nothing ends.
Why is it that Most Protestants have a hard time with the Crucifix?
Most say, "Oh He is risen and there is no need for Him to be left on the cross."
Agreed. But, after a while you become lazy and start getting sinful; because yo
u forget what He did for you.
Once you forget; you start having sexual relations outside of marriage, you let
your kids grow up in a pagan way, you do not correct yourself, your husband or k
ids; just let them and yourself do whatever you want, how much and whenever.
That is why we Catholics and the slight few Protestants want Jesus' body left on
the Cross; to remind ourself each day of what He did for us and to make sure we
never sin or if we almost do; we look at Him and stop.
My aunt and uncle's house; my uncle left the Church to become a Methodist; good
people; most of them and friends or even family. But, the priest I looked up to
growing up and being his faithful altar boy; he came over to bless our house and
we let him; well he had me shake the holy water and he said the words.
He went over to my uncle's house; now; my uncle would of said yes; if his wife w
asn't home; but she was and I heard about it and still remember it. He saw how t
hey let their children live; two girls; and how their life style was; he didn't
hold back and called them, "Heathens."
We do have many "Heathens or Pagans" in the Church today; sad to say; some are l
ong distance relatives of mine and I'm sure you have some too.
I'm sure there are many every where. I love my old priest; he kept everyone in l
ine, even when it was a hot summer day; everyone was dressed in pants or girls h
ad a proper dress on, long sleeves and guys had proper shirts and pants and sock
s and shoes on.
The music was Catholic and no boy friend or girl friend lived together; because
he made house visits to check on everyone and no engaged couples lived together
either.
He was strict but the most wonderful man you would ever meet; just the same pers
onality as the Pope.
Anyway back on topic.
With all these immoral and Pagan lifestyles; is that greater than God's Mercy? N
o. No sin is not greater than God's Mercy. If you think it is; you have sinned r
ight there on the spot.
The Cross shows us God's Love and Mercy for us. When we see Jesus nailed and han
ging on the Cross; we see Him giving His own life freely to save us.
That is Love. True love is when a friend gives up his or her life and dies for t
he people they love or don't even know. Jesus shows us this love.
All these people who chose to live this life and not to love God; what happened?
Not too many people have been taught this or if they have; they didn't listen a
nd chose not to listen; because they wanted a false freedom; a sinful freedom; w
hich isn't freedom but slavery.
Where you become like the African Americans; if you are seen or caught escaping;
torture or death; but the death will be much worse; eternal death and the tortu
res of hell.
We must understand something, when we are tempted; it is not a sin but if we fal
l for it; then it becomes a sin. There are two types of sins: Mortal and Venial.

Mortal is the type of sin which could kill you forever and send you to hell if y
ou die with one on your soul.
Mortal you go to confession and confess; is the only way you get rid of it.
Mortal, you lose the share in Divine Life. Venial, is not a serious sin; but if
you let them build up; they will become serious.
To get rid of them; go to confession, receive the Eucharist, The Kyrie; pound yo
ur chest three times with your fist; the Confessor at the Mass.
But, all sins are to be allowed to be confessed in the confessional. If the prie
st says different; well he shouldn't be a confessor; because he is breaking Cano
n Law I do believe.
Tell the bishop if the priest is doing that and he will correct the matter; if t
he bishop does nothing; well send them a nice letter from the Nuncio.
No one should be turned away from receiving God's Mercy in the Sacrament of Conf
ession.
The Cross is Love; is a beautiful statement. Most do not believe it; but it is a
true statement. I like to think when I am in confession and it's been a while;
I always hear welcome home or welcome back and feel that embrace.
Which does happen and sometimes Jesus does say it through the priest.
After God gives us His mercy in the confessional; we are almost told to pick up
our cross outside and carry it. We know the pews aren't that big in the churches
; but each and everyone has their cross with them and when we kneel at those mom
ents at the Mass; the crosses come too and when we genuflect or stay kneeling to
receive Jesus in the Eucharist; we have that weight on us.
But it is a good weight; because it is a sign of His love for us; the Cross.
To love Him; we are to follow the Commandments, love our neighbors as we love ou
rself and carry our crosses to the end.
All those sports stars do what? Train to win what? A trophy that will rust and b
reak and turn into dust. Why train for a trophy or a crown that after fifty or t
wo hundred years; those things will start to break down and fall apart?
It is senseless and dumb. We have a crown that will never rust and turn to dust
that we receive; if we are faithful and remain faithful to Christ when we die; a
crown of glory.
Our race is much tougher and rougher than the sports people or actors, actress o
r writers could imagine. We have to fight for every inch and fight to save souls
and to save our own soul from the devil.
What kind of training does that take? The best spiritual training God has to off
er.
Now, there are traps and tricks of the devil and of his demons out there; trying
to steal our souls. I do not care if you believe in that place in Bosnia; but I
say watch and pray; because there are good fruits from that place but also bad
fruits too; so half and half.
The message I read when my mom gave me the site for that place was that Mary was
going to tell those kids when the end was, which could not happen: Because God
only knows and no one else.
In the first letter of John; what does he tell us to do? To test every spirit be
fore we believe it; so we do not deceive ourself or be caught in a trap.
What does this have to do with the Love of the Cross? Many things. Because while
we are carrying our cross; we are to grow in holiness and start loving like Chr
ist loves us all.
We are to grow in our faith and become strong and humble like the Desert Fathers
, the Church Fathers, St. Francis and his brother friars, all the saints.
The Love of the Cross; is in every saint; because they understood it and they un
derstand it fully now in Heaven. "Watch and Pray, so you may not enter into temp
tation."
God bless

The Cross: III

"The Cross is Love" St. Teresa of Avila


To wrap up this topic and subject; let us look at the suffering in our life whic
h we should give to Jesus on the Cross to have the Love of the Cross be shown.
We know suffering; because we all suffer; some suffer more serve pains than othe
rs. Suffering includes the loss of a child, a friend or even a dog you loved or
another a pet.
It is hard to make sense of this third part; because our suffering could be used
for the love of the cross. How can that happen?
Look to the Blessed Mother; she was there at the Cross and saw her baby boy die;
in her eyes; yes she understood He is God but also her baby boy. Her suffering
was called a white martyrdom; by joining her sufferings with her Son's on the cr
oss. Which helped us with the graces given.
To suffer and give it to Jesus on the Cross; He uses our sufferings to sanctify
those in need of graces and those who are harden sinners. By offering our suffer
ings to Jesus; we will help break down the walls of those sinners whose heart's
our hard and closed.
That is what Mary did with Jesus on the Cross; I'm sure there is a name for it b
ut at the moment I can't think of it or remember it.

II

In our sufferings of injuries we suffer; we can offer up to Jesus; and we are to


ld to offer our sufferings up; any sufferings; including to our Lady of Fatima;
so she; through her Son can fix the world and shake everyone up and wake us up.
To understand the cross; well; let us learn from our Mother; she was there and I
bet holding on to it; to be close to her Son.
I have the same injury in the left side; the same nurse gave me my monthly shot;
I'm not sure if the first one is healed; because it does hurt to walk, move, si
t, sit up in bed; even hurts to sleep.
I offer up this pain to Jesus on the Cross; so everyone else can see and witness
; but better yet; to experience the love of the Cross. The saving and sanctify p
ower of the Cross.
The news that broke on facebook late tonight/early morning about a amber alert;
some on here you have to find out to make sure; but amber alerts are no joking m
atter.
The parents and families go through great suffering; which if they give that suf
fering to Jesus on the Cross; other people will experience that love of the Cros
s.
All of our sufferings can and should be used to share the love of the cross. Eve
ry single suffering; big or small; will help anyone come closer to Jesus. Give t
hat suffering to Jesus on the Cross; do not forget to talk to our Mother; she is
like every mother on earth; nervous when we don't call her by talking to her.
If you want to know Jesus better; Mary will tell us all we need to know; if we a
sk about Him when He was a child; I bet she will tell us. Give our suffering to
Jesus and let Him use it to share the love of the cross.
God bless

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