{"id":8565,"date":"2011-03-25T20:15:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T02:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=8565"},"modified":"2011-03-25T20:48:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T02:48:15","slug":"behold-the-wood-of-the-cross-on-which-is-hung-our-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/25\/behold-the-wood-of-the-cross-on-which-is-hung-our-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Behold the wood of the cross, on which is hung our salvation&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church intently focuses on the cross during the Fridays in Lent. The cross is the sign of our salvation, a symbol of suffering, sacrifice and compassion, and an emblem of paradox and glory. Christ crucified, Saint Paul says, is the power and the wisdom of God. Christians have used crosses in many ways in prayer and worship &#8212; both publicly and privately. Three examples of different uses of the cross in prayer and worship crossed our desk recently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"Processional crucifix from St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Ames, Iowa\" src=\"http:\/\/catholicsensibility.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/proc-cruc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"275\" \/>The cross is always before us as it leads processions in the liturgy. <em>Pray Tell <\/em>regular Todd Flowerday called our attention to this new processional crucifix, by artist Jeremy Rudd, commissioned for <a href=\"http:\/\/staparish.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish <\/a>in Ames, Iowa. We offer it here, with a <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicsensibility.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/07\/processional-crucifix-arrives\/\" target=\"_blank\">link to his comments at Catholic Sensibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Stations of the Cross at St Patrick\u2019s Cathedral, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/parramatta.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"455\" \/>The cross is part of our shared devotional life. We have already posted <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/15\/stations-of-the-cross\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Giles&#8217; fine reflection <\/a>on the stations of the cross (here, in case you missed it). We thought you might also like to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/why-lent-why-cross-at-seasons-start.html\" target=\"_blank\">large stations recently erected in Rome<\/a> (H\/T Whispers in the Loggia). These stations were sculpted by Pasquale Nava and Giuseppe Allamprese from eleven tons of bronze, and following the Lenten season will be displayed permanently in the city of Coquimbo, Chile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/images\/20110309nw106_web.jpg\" alt=\"CNS photo\" width=\"164\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cross\u00a0may also be\u00a0a touchstone for personal prayer. One might wear or carry an image of the cross as an aide to prayer anywhere and at any time. Catholic News Service brings us a story about a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/1100942.htm\" target=\"_blank\">chaplet from Venezuela<\/a> and imported to Sauk Centre, Minnesota, consisting of a cross on a knotted cord, worn around the neck. 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