Office Of Readings

From the Catecheses by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣   Even in time of persecution let the cross be your joy  ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The Catholic Church glories in every deed of Christ. Her supreme glory, however, is the cross. Well aware of this, Paul says: God forbid that I glory in anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣  At Siloam, there was a sense of wonder, and rightly so. A man born blind recovered his sight. But of what importance is this, when there are so many blind people in the world? Lazarus rose from the dead, but even this affected only Lazarus. What of those countless numbers who have died because of their sins?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣  Those five miraculous loaves fed five thousand people. Yet this is a small number compared to those all over the world who were starved by ignorance. After eighteen years a woman was freed from the bondage of Satan. But are we not all shackled by the chains of our own sins? For us all, however, the cross is the crown of victory! It has b