The heart of God’s salvation is his Son who took upon
himself our sins, our pride, our self reliance, our vanity, our desire to be
like God. A Christian who is not able to glory in Christ Crucified has not
understood what it means to be Christian. Our wounds, those which sin leaves in
us, are healed only through the Lord’s wounds, through the wounds of God made
man who humbled himself, who emptied himself. This is the mystery of the Cross.
It is not only an ornament that we always put in churches, on the altar; it is
not only a symbol that should distinguish us from others. The Cross is a
mystery: the mystery of the love of God who humbles himself, who empties
himself” to save us from our sins.
--Pope Francis, Morning Meditation, April 8, 2014.
