Cross

Abstract red and black blood vein texture art with a cross with the quote: O Lord our God, you have replanted on our earth the garden lost in Eden, and you have sent a new Gardener to till the soil plowed by the wood of the cross. He who is both the farmer and the seed has watered the earth with his life’s blood, shed for our redemption. Make us grow in his likeness by the power of his word dwelling in our hearts. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.—Magnificat, Feb 18, 2019 Prayer for the Morning
With His Life’s Blood
A man thinking and reflecting in the dark with a neon pink cross in the background with the quote: For us, accepting God’s mercy is the most perfect form of sacrifice. It is a sacrifice of our illusory independence and strength, it is a sacrifice of our pride, and this is precisely how God begins to work in us.—Magnificat
Accepting God’s Mercy
Silhouette of two inverted mesas at dawn with a cross with the quote: "Faith is the face-to-face [with God] in darkness.”—Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, I Have Found God: Complete Works Volume II, Letters from Carmel, Anne Englund Nash, Tr.
Face-to-Face
A Christian cross on the distressed wall with the face of Christ on the wall with the quote: The Lord gathers up the tears of humanity and transforms them into the waters of life by the alchemy of the cross, where suffering and death are changed into joy and life by the self-gift of love.—Magnificat, April 2, 2019
The Alchemy of the Cross
A wooden cross outside, on top of a hill overlooking a valley in front of a reddish sky with the quote: The cross, instrument of torture and death, raised aloft as a sign of glory, continues to confound the wisdom of this world. God’s work of salvation stands human expectations on their head: humility is exaltation, wounds are healing, death is life.
A Sign of Glory
Photo of a maroon cross overlooking a green horizon and sky among foliage at Egan Camp and Retreat Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma with the quote: "You are having to bear a large, weighty cross. But what a great happiness for you! Have confidence. For if God, who is all goodness, continues to make you suffer he will not test you more than you can bear. The cross is a sure sign that he loves you."—Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, God Alone: The Collected Writings of St. Louis Marie de Montfort
A Sure Sign
Photo of a rustic, wooden door cast in light with a quote from the Gospel of Luke.
Follow Me
Photo of Magellan's Cross, taken in Cebu, Philippines in 2009 with a quote of Saint Rose of Lima.
No Other Ladder
Photo of the Church of Santo Stefano, taken in Assisi, Italy in 2016 with a quote from 1 Corinthians.
Resounding Gong