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St Helena and the Holy Cross<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It is related by many historical accounts that Saint Helena mother of Roman emperor Constantine the Great, discovered the True Cross at the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem after she travelled to the Holy Land in the year 326 AD. While Saint Helena was in Jerusalem she found the hiding place of three crosses that were believed used at the crucifixion of Jesus and the thieves Dismas and Gestas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen we are overcome by sadness, fear, or suffering; when the pains of loss overwhelm us; when evil seems to have taken power; let us look to the cross and be filled with peace, knowing that Christ has walked this road and walks it now with us and with all our brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Teresa of Avila<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cO souls! seek a refuge, like pure doves, in the shadow of the crucifix. There mourn the Passion of your divine Spouse, and drawing from your hearts flames of love and rivers of tears, make of them a precious balm with which to anoint the wounds of your Saviour.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Paul of the Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Andrew of Crete<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St John Paul II<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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