In the middle of Great Lent we celebrate the Sunday of the Cross, and this reminds us that the entire Lenten effort, our whole Lenten struggle, is cruciform. The Great Fast is our via crucis, modeled on Christ’s way of the Cross. Therefore, let us today be reminded that, in our every effort—during the holy Forty Days and beyond—we should constantly mark ourselves with the sign of the Cross. This simple gesture covers us with heavenly strength: “Without me, ye can do nothing,” says that Crucified Master. It also reminds us that all of our small labors and efforts should be united with Christ’s great work of salvation on the sacred Rood.
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