Like Archbishop Sheen would often say;
There can be No Easter without first having to undergo a Good Friday in our lives.
The TRUTH of the Cross, the Truth of Good Friday & the
Crucifixion is that without the Cross there is NO crown. Without
Good Friday there can be NO Easter Sunday. If the world considers
Jesus Christ and His Crucifixion folly and if it sees our FAITH as
FOOLISH, then we have nothing to fear for our destiny and our final
home is NOT this world but the other world of Heaven, where all the
Fools of God spend eternity before the Majesty of God, Who in His
folly created, REDEEMED and sanctified us. The so-called wisdom of
man laughed at the Wright brothers when they began their journey
into the air. Who laughs now that more Americans travel by plane
each year than by bus or train? The world ignores Christ and His
Church. It will certainly laugh at us. Yet, the world will not
and CAN NOT save us from our sins, ONLY the Cross of Christ. “Take
up your Cross and follow Me,” says the Lord. Better to be taken as
a fool and enter Heaven than to be tought wise and suffer for
eternity. The choice is ours and has always been. Lift high the
Cross! Kiss the Crucifix of Christ and embrace it with LOVE!