Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross:
September 14th
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“Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.”
– St. John of the Cross

“He died, but He vanquished death; in Himself He put an end to what we feared; He took it upon Himself and he vanquished it, as a mighty hunter He captured and slew the lion.”
– St. Augustine

“There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us. And on the far side of every cross we find the newness of life in the Holy Spirit, that new life which will reach its fulfillment in the resurrection. This is our faith. This is our witness before the world.”
– Pope St. John Paul II

“How precious the gift of the cross, how splendid to contemplate! In the cross there is no mingling of good and evil, as in the tree of paradise: it is wholly beautiful to behold and good to taste. The fruit of this tree is not death but life, not darkness but light. This tree does not cast us out of paradise, but opens the way for our return.”
– St. Theodore the Studite

“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
– St. Paul