“Fortune and misfortune are to the brave as the right hand and the left hand: he makes the most of both” (St. Catherine of Siena).
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Praise to the Holy Cross
Gal 6:14-18
But as for me, it is out of the question that I should boast at all, except of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. It is not being circumcised or uncircumcised that matters; but what matters is a new creation. Peace and mercy to all who follow this as their rule and to the Israel of God. After this, let no one trouble me; I carry branded on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, my brothers. Amen.
St. Paul speaks to us today of the Cross of the Lord and affirms that he does not want to glory except in it. He also speaks of the “new creation” that is engendered in the Cross…