We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
The world was in such a deplorable state!
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
There was no way that the damage caused by original sin could be repaired by man himself.
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
God himself originated and initiated a magnificent plan to make things right!
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
All of the preparations would take thousands of years – and involve a cast of thousands. It would take place on the natural and supernatural planes.
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
When all was ready and the fullness of time had arrived Goodness and Truth itself would take on a human nature. The Word of God would become flesh.
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
And mankind would respond as only mankind could: it would reject the gift, and try to eradicate it! Truth is our truth, it would say! Goodness is our goodness!
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
And yet, the giver and the gift would not be dissuaded: Jesus, the Savior, would go through with the only plan that would work to save us all!
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
He would voluntarily become sin, though he was sinless; he would voluntarily experience death, though he was Life itself; and he would transform our humanity and draw it into a newness that was foreshadowed by his own resurrection from the dead – because he loved us beyond all telling.
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
There is absolutely every reason for us to want to get to know all about this God-Man who did such an earth-transforming thing as he did; there is every reason for us to recall with deep emotion what he did for us and our salvation; there is every reason to cherish his life within us that he transmitted to us by means of baptism – and which he sustains by the other sacraments of the Church.
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
Thank you, Jesus, for all you have done, are doing and will do for us! You live and reign forever!
Amen.
We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
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