Photo Essay: The Cross and what the Saints Said About It

Fr Lawrence Lew OP CC

Diane Montagna - Jeffrey Bruno - published on 09/14/16

‘Ave, Crux, spes unica!’ ... Hail, O Cross, our only hope!

“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to Myself.” Jesus Christ (Jn 12:31)

“But far be it from me to glory except in the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” ~ St. Paul the Apostle, Galatians 6:14

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