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| Our crosses are a lot smaller and lighter than Christ's. May we carry our crosses with courage and even joy. |
YOUR CROSS
The Everlasting God has in His Wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from his inmost Heart. This cross that He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it be not one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you. He has blessed it with His holy name, anointed it with His consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to you from Heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all-merciful love of God.
St. Francis de Sales
But even Jesus had help carrying His cross...Where is 'my' Simon of Cyrene?
ReplyDeleteFor those of us who do not have a "Larry", as MaryAnn does, we must know that Our Lord and Our Lady are our Simon of Cyrene. We don't see them, but I am sure when all is revealed, we will see the countless times in our lives when there was only that one set of footprints in the sand along our journey, as they carried us.
DeleteAnd don't forget the guardian angels and patron saints. We have so many helpers both visible and invisible -- guardians of the galaxy!
DeleteMine is named Larry and we'll be married 55 years in October. Thanks be to God for a good, loving, considerate spouse.
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