September 15, 2024 Daily Devotion

Per Crucem Ad Lucem: Through the Cross to the Light

Luke 9:23

The Magnificat meditation for August 8, 2024 is titled, “Thinking as God Does:” The cross is necessary for us. The Lord tries us only because he loves us, because he wishes to assimilate us to himself, to spiritualize our sensibility, to supernaturalize our spirit, to give us a more exalted knowledge of ourselves and of him, and to give us a stronger love.

Therefore, we should love the cross for the love of souls and gladly accept being associated with our Lord in his work of redemption. Together with humility, the cross develops in us the three virtues that are properly divine and are the heart of the Christian life: faith, hope, and charity. The cross leads all Christians to the true light of God, the prelude to heaven.