Monday, October 7, 2013

When The Cross Becomes But a Fashion


I attended a mass today and I found myself intently looking at the cross in the altar. It made me think of how many people are actually wearing the cross and have not fully grasps the meaning of it. The cross we wear now has become just a fashion.

When the cross becomes but a fashion, the truth of its brutality is glossed over. Our challenge as Christians is to look at the cross with the eyes open to the truth that there was a man who was brutally crucified, humiliated and died a horrifying death. The cost of love is the cross. Lest we forget, Jesus ransomed us with the cross. He was showing us that to love is to die on the cross. And, that’s something more than fashion.

When we wear that cross, may we understand the deep love of Christ for us. Lord, thank you for showing us the way of love through the cross. Amen.  

by aats

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