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The Fore-Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross

“He who penetrates beyond the Cross and the Tomb and finds himself initiated into the mystery of the Resurrection, learns the end for which God has created all things.” –Saint Maximus the Confessor                         Christ assumed our nature; He voluntarily submitted to all the consequences of sin; He took on Himself the responsibility for our error, while remaining a stranger to sin, in order to

THE ABSOLUTE

God says, “Give me your heart.” And then, in answer to my puzzlement, I hear him say, “Your heart is where your treasure is.”   My treasures—here they are: persons, places occupations things experiences of the past the future’s hopes and dreams.   I pick each treasure up, say something to it, and place it in the presence of the Lord.   How shall I “give” these treasures to him?   In the measure that