Saint Martin de Porres,

Every page of the gospels is filled with some kind of hard teachings from Jesus. But all those teachings are about life and love. To choose to follow them will grant us peace and joy. Today we are called to look at the Cross and meditate on it. We remember what Jesus told us about being His disciples. If we want to be His disciples, then we will have to take up our cross and follow Him (Luke 14:25-33;Mtt 5:39; Lk 9:23). We must love him above family, friends or anything.

The Cross is the most prominent symbol of our faith. It is used for worship private or public because each and everyone of us has our own cross that makes life difficult for us. Sometimes we may even say: why is it that the more that I go near Jesus the heavier the cross that I carry? The cross that we carry is a test of our faith, we would not be able to fully understand the presence of Jesus in our lives without silently carrying and enduring our own cross.

What is important is whenever we carry our cross we invite Jesus to help us carry it and ask Him to journey with us with our cross. Let us not question why we have our cross because the cross that burdens us right now is nothing compared to the glory that awaits us. Are you carrying your own cross or do you have a cross right now? A cross that makes life so difficult for you? Look up to Jesus then close your eyes and humbly ask Him to help you carry it.

Through the graces that flow from the Cross of Christ, may you receive salvation, life to the fullest, your divine healing, victory, miracles and upliftment. May God strengthen us when we are weak and may He help us to carry our cross and to follow Him as His true disciples. Amen.
St Martin De Porres-pray for us. Amen

Osho