The Cross is one of the deepest mysteries of our faith. To the world, it looks like defeat—a man dying in agony, rejected and abandoned. Yet for us as Christians, it is the place where love triumphed over sin and death. The Cross reveals that there is no limit to how far God will go to save us, no darkness He will not enter to bring us home.
When we look at Jesus on the Cross, we see the love of God made visible. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13). On Calvary, He lived those words completely. Every wound, every breath, every drop of His blood was an offering of love—for you, for me, for every soul who has ever lived.
The Cross also shows us that love is not only about feeling, but about self-giving. Jesus did not love us from a distance; He entered into our suffering and took it upon Himself. The Church teaches that by His Passion, Christ bore the weight of all human sin. In that sacrifice, He transformed suffering itself into a doorway of redemption. What once symbolized punishment became the greatest sign of mercy.
And this is the hope we carry in our own crosses. Whenever we suffer, we are not alone. The same love that carried Jesus to Calvary carries us through our pain. If we unite our hearts with His, our trials too can become places of grace—moments where God’s love is at work, silently renewing what was broken.
The Cross is not just a symbol of death—it is the window through which we glimpse the heart of God. May we never forget that the wood of the Cross was carved by love, and that love still saves us today.
— Fr. John Matthew, for Christian Way
