Triumph of The Cross
“We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.”
This weekend the Church celebrates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – a symbol of Christ’s unconditional love for us.
According to Church tradition the True Cross was discovered in 326 by St. Helena, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great while on a pilgrimage she made to Jerusalem. It is believed she found three crosses near what was the Savior’s tomb. A temple had been built on the grounds. She had it razed. Discovering three crosses, and not knowing which one was the Cross of Christ, she summoned a dying woman. She had the woman touch the crosses. The first and second cross did nothing, but the third cross healed the sick woman immediately. The cross immediately became an object of veneration.Note: The reliquary containing a relic of the True Cross is from the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling.
