The Value Of The Cross

The passion of Jesus is not only experience during the Holy Week but also in all moments of time and eternity. This is the perfect time to ask these questions to ourselves.

Am I in a difficult situation right now? Am I experiencing hardships in life? We have ups and downs in our daily lives struggling to get away from the cross that burdens us. Most of us have crosses but little that we know the value of it.

In the lesson that Jesus wrote below He said that the cross will make us beautiful and rich.

The cross is a sign that God loves us. We have to embrace it because we are suffering with
Jesus! It is difficult, however if we know the truth behind this we
will see it in a different way. We will have
the grace to accept it in a manner that we will have peace.

Jesus said in the Book Of Heaven, Sept. 14, 1899, Volume-1

..."He told me many things about the virtue of the cross. I don’t remember all, but just a few things: “My beloved, do you want to be beautiful? The cross will give you the most beautiful features that can possibly be found, both in Heaven and on earth; so much so, as to enamor God, who contains all beauties within Himself.” Jesus continued: “Do you want to be filled with immense riches - not for a short time, but for all eternity? Well then, the cross will administer to you all kinds of riches - from the tiniest cents, which are the little crosses, up to the greatest amounts, which are the heavier crosses...

..."My beloved, in the cross are all the triumphs, all the victories, and the greatest gains. You must have no aim other than the cross, and it will be enough for you, in everything"...

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How much more if we are living in the Divine Will, we experience the
real crucifixion of Jesus in us. Doing so our cross expand and reach to our love ones and
everyone around us. We receive its beneficial graces
and we give it to all. When we suffer we no longer experince
pain but we see joy in pain. We no longer feel lonely but we see
hapiness in our sufferings. Because our will is no longer there
but the Divine Will of Jesus suffering for us and for all.

God sees Jesus suffering in us. He will never
refuse to answer our prayers becuase he sees
Jesus calling Him for us.

In addition our will is no longer in us but have risen
with the resurreciton of Jesus. We are then delivered from
the slavery of our wills. So when we suffer we see the joy in suffering.

We can literally say that, "My night is over"...our weaknesses, our loneliness, our fears, our miseries, our pains, are over! We are no longer a slave of our wills.

Have a blessed day!