This Sunday, Catholic Christians all over the world celebrate “The
Exaltation of the Holy Cross.” The Cross was an instrument of execution and a symbol of cruelty and shame, but Jesus transformed this symbol into a symbol of love and reconciliation.
St. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 1:23, “We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to [many].”
We have had a lot of tragedy in the past couple weeks, but I believe these awful events can be transformed into healing and many conversions towards God.
They say that the moments in our lives when we experience the most joy, is when we are thinking less of ourselves and more about those whom we are spending time with. And as I ponder the moments in my own life, when I have experienced the most joy, it actually was when I was spending time with God and/or with my friends and my family.