The Power of the Cross

Tuesday of the fourth week of Lent

The Cross of Christ illumines weakness.

Ask, do I embrace my weakness?

Seek God's help in carrying your weakness daily.

Offer up that weakness in the same way that the Lord offered up his suffering on the cross for the salvation of the world.

Knock, meditate on 2 Corinthians chapter 12 verses 8 through 10.

About this thing, I have pleaded with the Lord three times for it to leave me,

but he has said, my grace is enough for you.

My power is at its best in weakness. So I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses

my special boast so that the power of Christ may stay over me, and that is why I am quite content

with my weaknesses, and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and the agonies I go through for Christ's sake.

For it is when I am weak, that I am strong.

St. Paul mentions a thorn in the flesh that he was given,

that he might not become too elated with the many special gifts that God has

given him. No one is sure what this thorn was, though there is speculation that it was an eye

problem or even might have been the stigmata, the wounds of Jesus marked on his flesh.

Whatever it was, it made Paul uncomfortable, but he realized that in this weakness, the power of God

was made manifest. Transform your life. Look for ways to embrace the Lord present in the weaknesses of the

world, in the hungry, thirsty, sick, lonely, naked, and imprisoned.

Experience the power God made manifest in what the world considers weak. You know,