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VENERATION OF THE CROSS, SUNDAY OF - The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the lenten season not merely to remind men of Christ's redemption and to keep before them the goal of their efforts, but also to be venerated as that reality by which man must live to be saved. "He who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me" (Mt 10:38). For in the Cross of Christ Crucified lies both "the power of God and the wisdom of God" for those being saved (1 Cor 1:24).
 

The Sayings of the Fathers


Let us love silence till the world is made to die in our hearts. Let us always remember death, and in this thought draw near to God in our heart - - and the pleasures of this world will have our scorn. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria

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