• Lent,  Reflections

    The Beauty of the Cross

    As I sat in the Adoration chapel, a welcomed reprieve from this crazy world, I noticed something glisten out of the corner of my teary eyes.  Turning my gaze ever so slightly, I realized it must have been light reflecting off the large crucifix that sits on a table next to the monstrance.  I hadn’t ever noticed this crucifix before, at least not in a way that made it memorable.  I wondered if it was new or if I was just unobservant.  I wondered how this beautiful gold and silver crucifix had never captured my attention before.  And after the third or fourth time of losing my place in the…