St. John 12.20-33: "The ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I Am lifted out of the earth, will draw all people to myself".
“The everlasting God
has in his wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that he now presents to you
as a gift from his inmost heart. This cross he now sends you he has considered
with his all knowing eyes, understood with his divine mind, tested with his
wise justice, warmed with loving arms, and weighed with his own hands to see
that it be not one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you. He has
blessed it with his holy Name, anointed it with grace, perfumed it with his
consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to
you from heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all
merciful love of God” (St. Francis de Sales).
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