The exhalation of the cross
We are celebrating the feast of the cross which drove away darkness and brought in the light. As we keep this feast, we are lifted up with the crucified Christ, leaving behind us earth and sin so that we may gain the things above.
So great and outstanding a possession is the cross that he who wins it has won a treasure.
Had there been no cross, Christ could not have been crucified. Had there been no cross, life itself could not have been nailed to the tree. And if life had not been nailed to it, there would be no streams of immortality pouring from Christ’s side, blood and water for the world’s cleansing.
The legal bond of our sin would not be canceled, we should not have attained our freedom, we should not have enjoyed the fruit of the tree of life and the gates of paradise would not stand open. Had there been no cross, death would not have been trodden underfoot, nor hell despoiled.
Therefore, the cross is something wonderfully great and honorable. It is great because through the cross the many noble acts of Christ found their consummation—very many indeed, for both his miracles and his sufferings were fully rewarded with victory.
From a discourse by
Saint Andrew of Crete
Pax et bonum
Fr Trinidad
La exhalación de la cruz
Estamos celebrando la fiesta de la cruz que ahuyentó las tinieblas y trajo la luz. Al celebrar esta fiesta, somos elevados con el Cristo crucificado, dejando atrás la tierra y el pecado para que podamos obtener las cosas de arriba.
Una posesión tan grande y sobresaliente es la cruz que quien la gana, gana un tesoro.
Si no hubiera habido cruz, Cristo no podría haber sido crucificado. Si no hubiera habido una cruz, la vida misma no podría haber sido clavada en el árbol. Y si no se le hubiera clavado la vida, no habría corrientes de inmortalidad que brotaran del costado de Cristo, sangre y agua para la limpieza del mundo.
El vínculo legal de nuestro pecado no se cancelaría, no deberíamos haber alcanzado nuestra libertad,no deberíamos haber disfrutado del fruto del árbol de la vida y las puertas del paraíso no estarían abiertas. Si no hubiera habido cruz, la muerte no habría sido pisoteada, ni el infierno despojado.
Por tanto, la cruz es algo maravillosamente grande y honorable. Es grandioso porque a través de la cruz los muchos actos nobles de Cristo encontraron su consumación, muchísimos de hecho, porque tanto sus milagros como sus sufrimientos fueron recompensados plenamente con la victoria.
De un discurso de
San Andrés de Creta
Pax et bonum
P. Trinidad
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