IN THE CROSS

IN THE CROSS

In the cross is health, 

in the cross is life, 

in the cross is protection from enemies, 

in the cross is heavenly sweetness, 

in the cross strength of mind, 

in the cross joy of the Spirit, 

in the cross the height of virtue, 

in the cross perfection of holiness.

There is no health of the soul, no hope of eternal life, save in the cross.

  Thomas à Kempis, fifteenth-century theologian