Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This feast traces its beginning to Jerusalem and the dedication of the church built on the site of Mount Calvary in 335. It may seem odd to exult the cross and it would be if it were not for the fact that through his death on the cross, Jesus redeemed the world. Today we honor the cross because Jesus transformed it from an instrument of brutality into an instrument of mercy. Jesus transformed the cross from an instrument of death into an instrument of eternal life.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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