Why depict Jesus on the Cross?

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I had a customer noticing my crucifix at work and he said that he too was also a man of God but that his Jesus came down from the cross and would not appreciate being put back on the cross again. I would request a scripture based loving way to reply to this question.
 
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The cross did not of itself redeem us. Scripture tells us that the person, Jesus Christ redeemed us on the cross. This act of our redemption was intensely personal on the part of the redeemer and on the part of the redeemed. The crucifix conveys this in a way that the cross alone simply does not. We do not dare to ignore what He endured. We do not dare to tidy up His passion. We worship Him in precisely the unsightly, bloody appearance of His self gift.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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