Bulletin Shorts for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Feast –Monday, 14 September 2020 

Numbers 21:4b-9.  Psalm 78:1-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38.  Philippians 2:6-11.  John 3:13-17.

The Cross.  Not long ago, on 30 August to be exact, we were told by Jesus to take up the cross and follow.  Take up my cross.  Christians do fear the cross.  Its emptiness manifests the risen presence of the Christ in our midst.  This is why we embrace it on Good Friday.

• What will I pick up, what will I embrace, what will I bear to follow Jesus?

This post was first published on the worship pages of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois website.
Sunday Prayer Shaping Life and Belief
Written by Eliot Kapitan.

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