WEAR THE CROSS
Some people says that the symbol of the cross +taught us about our relationship
first to the Lord, the symbol of the vertical line; second to the people, our
neighbors, the symbol of the horizontal line. This is the reason why Christ
died for all of us, to remind us to love the Lord with all our hearts and to
our neighbors as we love ourselves.
Our gospel
today reminds us of two things, to love the Lord, and to love our neighbors. To
love the Lord is only a response to the Love that Jesus has shown to us. He is
the first who loved us since from the very beginning of time. This is the
reason why when we start writing the symbol of the cross, we will start from
the top going down because God has loved us first.
We always
experience the love of God in our life every day. If we will examined the daily
graces that we have received – air, food, friends, family and many others are
signs of this great love. In this reason, it is also right and responsibilities
to give back the love that we have received from God. This is the second
horizontal line symbol- to love our neighbors. However, because of too much
love to ourselves it becomes hard for us to do this.
Today, we are challenge to love the Lord and our neighbors as we love ourselves, because this is the only way that we can give back the love that we
have received from God.
As baptized
Christian, we have received the cross of Christ mark in our forehead. This
cross reminds us of our responsibility to other people. Since, we share this
cross we must have to reveal it by loving our neighbors. It may mean- “living
our baptism into his marvelous light”(NCYM).
Today we are
reminded to wear the cross, the symbol of the love of Christ, and the reminder to
love our neighbors.
Wear the
cross…
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