Walking With Jesus- Daily Divine Will Calendar From the Writings of Servant of God Luis
October 4, 1907
The exaltation of the cross. The cross grafts Divinity to humanity.
Jesus- “Daughter, the cross is part of one’s
life, and only one who does not love his own life, does not love the cross, because it was with the Cross alone that I
grafted the Divinity to lost humanity. Only the cross continues Redemption in the world, grafting anyone who receives it
into the Divinity; and if one does not love it, it means he knows nothing of virtues, of perfection, of love of God, and of
true life. It happens as to a rich man who has lost his riches, and is presented with the means to reacquire them again – and
maybe even more. How much does he not love this means? Does he perhaps not put his own life into this means in order
to find life again in his riches? Such is the cross. Man had become so very poor, and the cross is the means not only to
save him from misery, but to enrich him with all goods. Therefore, the cross is the richness of the soul.”
Scripture Meditation- 18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18).
Prayer Reflection- O Lord, we adore You, we love You, and we worship You because in what we don’t want, don’t like, and didn’t ask for, also known as the Cross, we find not only what is part of life but it is our superpower, just as I heard recently on the Daily Rosary Meditations podcast. Because it is the Cross, Your Cross that united humanity once again with Divinity! And our crosses united with Yours continue this work of redemption. As St. Paul tells us in Colossians 1:24 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church”. Now we know there was nothing lacking in Your Sacrifice Lord, but You give us the gift, yes the gift, of the means to reacquire the riches of the Kingdom for ourselves, our loved ones, and for everyone! Even when life is going well we are so poor compared to the riches You intended for us and through the Cross You save us from misery and enrich us with all goods. Yes, a superpower indeed to save souls and to call down the Kingdom. We all have crosses big and small. But it is in the offering and the uniting to Your Cross Lord in love that we find Your True Life, which is abundant and everlasting! Fiat!
