Little
Crosses Keep You on Love's path: Heavy Crosses Advance You in Love's way...
By: Eric Gajewski
Along our journey in this exile we will encounter many different crosses to endure. The cross is not optional but necessary. St. Therese in her writings distinguished between the little crosses and heavy crosses of which I hope to expound upon now. There are some days in which the cross seems light and more bearable and then there are other crosses which seem to completely crush us. Yes it is true the heavy crosses are sent to completely crush the self in us and this is why so few will willingly accept this type. We must trust in God’s plan for our lives and quit looking at our neighbors or other Catholics who may seemingly not be carrying any crosses at all on the surface level. The Way to Sacred Heart is full of violence to self and pain. It is full of tests and trials. We can simply crosses into the two categories of: little ones which keep us on love’s path and (2) heavy crosses which advance you in Love’s way. Let us talk further.
Love
is more than just a “feeling”. If Love
were just a feeling than Christ wouldn’t have chosen the Cross to convey heaven’s
message. Love is Someone. Someone who is greater than pain and death
itself. One who transcends nature. Thus, in the breakdown the process it is the
Cross which leads us into the supernatural life. “Feelings” wont get you there for they still
rest on the natural level. Christ can
take you to His Sacred Heart via the Cross.
It is faith which takes us to the Cross it is His Heart which in
exchange gives us peace. There is no
crossing over into the Abyss of Peace without first climbing Mount
Calvary. Peace is not found in getting
your own way nor is it found in the accumulation of “things”. This is how modern man perceives things and
why they will be duped by the Antichrist.
Christ was crucified as our Great eagle with wings spread showing us
that Faith and Hope reside in the Cross as well. Did not the Great Apostle teach us to have no
glory other than the Cross of Christ?
The Cross does not give us “great feelings” in fact it will turn away
the many who cannot crucify self love.
Little Crosses. The little crosses which you may call “annoyances” are reminders. They keep you on Love’s path. They say hello! You cannot have your own way. The headache or physical ailment. God grants smaller crosses that you might not abandon the mission you first claimed you would set out on. Sure, you must keep the Catholic Faith but outside Martrydom there is no chance of getting to heaven directly without walking in the Way of Perfection. It seems to me that many shall die a dry martyrdom in the days to come because of the various crosses that will be given during the Tribulation. Nevertheless, these little Crosses make sure to keep your eyes focused on Love’s road and not off to the side where the world will allure you.
You will notice how Jesus told us to take up our daily Cross. For love is a daily thing. Either you abide in Gods grace or not. Either you are trying to reach perfection or not. If you do not strive to stay on Love’s path that assuredly you will fall. The little crosses are necessary to prepare us for the bigger crosses. For if you do not want to embrace the small ones how in the world will you attempt to “grow in Selfless Love” with the heavier Crosses given? You must carry both out of the Love of God and for neighbor. At this point in time most especially for reparation. There are alot of souls that need converting. Victims of Love embrace their Cross victims of “self” try to run from it. You are either are a friend with Christ on the Cross or you are a Jew trying to tell Him to get down from it and “save yourself”. The Jew’s anti-gospel is evident. They are trying to save themselves. Thus, the New World Order shall have a very materialistic Jew “false Christ” as its leader.
Heavy
crosses. Great, you have established
that you can embrace the little crosses without complaint or grumbling but now
Christ leaves behind a heavy cross. The
heavy Crosses were meant to advance you on Love’s path. From self to the Sacred Heart. It is meant to crush all self love out of
you. Onward to your mystical death where
it seems as though your end is at hand but only to realize that Love’s Hands
have been underneath you the whole time.
Love is greater than the trial; it is greater than the pain; it is
greater than the Cross which is why we must carry it. You do not go from self love to Selfless Love
(His Heart) without it. This is how God
designs things. Your suffering is not in
vain. The little crosses would only
bruise a grape but the heavy crosses crush the grape altogether in order to
make a new wine. God was crushed on the
Cross as our new Wine and Drink. He was
pressed down only to show how the Bread rises under adversity.
For some
who are in the dark night it may seem as if you are talking to a wall where the
only thing that is heard from within is yourself. You must remember the Holy God of heaven
wants to dwell in your soul itself. Did you
think it would take a few good days of Cross carrying to achieve union with
God? The heavy crosses push the
limits. It is a breakdown on every level
mentally, physically and with the soul.
When God finds no more self interest in you than a “ray of light” will
crack within. Thence, illumination can
begin. We must remember that the Son is
still present behind all the dark clouds arranged in the sky above leaving no
apparent light. In the dark night we
must see ourselves as we truly are and when we see what we really are in
relation to God the whole being suffers.
Like a newly bought “hardened sponge” we must let Gods light pour out
over us until the sponge softens enough to be able to take in some water. Ultimately, as the sponge softens all the
water can be absorbed as you become One with the Light and Fire Himself. This is our goal my friends. You must turn from the world and go within in
silence and solitude to achieve this end.
Those who constantly talk on the surface day in day out stand no chance
of ever achieving Oneness with God. It
is why Our Lord Himself constantly showed us how to retreat into the desert or
wilderness and get away. If Christ did
this often so must we. Little Crosses
keep us on Love’s path; heavy crosses advance us in Love’s Way. Be ye encouraged that Gods strength sustains
you on the natural level. There was preparation for the Food we know spiritually eat even as your soul must be prepared to have Love enter, Ave Maria!
Love....It is more than just a feeling everytime we revisit the Passion and the Way unto His Sacred Heart
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