Meditations

Join me to yourself, and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." John 12, 32. Lord, you promised that when you were lifted up on the cross, you would draw all men to yourself. The nations have come to worship the man of sorrows. Jews in great numbers have recognized the crucified one as Savior. So your promise has indeed been carried out in the sight of the whole world. But from high upon your cross, your almighty power and virtue continue to draw souls to you. O suffering God, you are taking me out of the deceitful world. You are tearing me away from myself and my vain desires, so that you may cause me to suffer with you on the cross. It is on the cross that we belong to you. It is on the cross that we come to know you. It is on the cross that we love you. It is on the cross that we are fed with your truth. Without the cross, everything else is nothing but religious sentimentalism. Jesus, join me to yourself. Let me become one of the members of the body of the crucified Jesus Christ.