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St. Aloysius of Gonzaga
Catholic Art Studio, Chicago (19th century) |
THE CROSS IS OUR BADGE
We Catholics have a great share in this Exaltation of the Cross. It is our special trust, our badge, our glory. Like the first Christians, it is ours to honor, to use, to be known by. Those who have fallen from the true faith have laid it aside as childish and not fit for the mature. But the Gospel was preached to the childlike, and the kingdom of Heaven reserved for them. So we will keep our childlike ways, and loyally use the sacred sign. We will make it with reverence, with confidence, with joy. And the day will come when we who are signed with the Sign of the Cross upon our foreheads will go forth to meet our Redeemer, and He will acknowledge us to be His own. By that sign we shall conquer.
The Manual of the Holy Catholic Church, 1906
Duggan Publishing Company, Chicago
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