The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – 14 September 2025 – Sermon by Br Daniel
There is a story of a woman who went to a jewellery store to buy a cross. After perusing the crosses presented to her, the jeweller said he had some more crosses in the back, with a little man on them!
Bishop Robert Barron offers this reflection on this scenario: “We are so accustomed to seeing religious images of Jesus on the cross that much of the horror and humiliation of crucifixion is lost on us. But, for a person of the first century, operating within the confines of the Roman Empire, crucifixion was about the worst thing he or she could imagine. What was involved in that form of capital punishment was just too vividly present in the popular imagination.”
Salvador Dali, a genius of obscure art and brilliant talent, painted a painting called Christ of St John of the Cross. I think it is an astonishing painting. It shows Jesus on the Cross, but from above. Someone once pointed out that that was the point from which God surveyed the suffering of his Son. I find that very poignant, sad and wonderful.
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