Wednesday 14 September

the Exaltation of the Cross

Numbers 21:4-9, Ps 78, Philippians 2:6-11, John 3:13-17

Eucharistic freedom

In the Eucharist the cross is lifted high, made present in our city or town. The disciples may arrive in the pews scattered. Many parishioners may have dwelt with serpents this past week, the forces and actions that fragment even holy lives. Yet all things are gathered in the Eucharistic cross, even death itself. The fragmented receive in communion the fragmented One, medicine for daily living in the city. Today we may like to pray for the Holy Cross seminarians.