Jesus on the Cross, by James Tissot
What We Behold On The Cross
by Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)
"As they were looking on, so we too gaze on his wounds as he hangs. We see his blood as he dies. We see the price offered by the redeemer, touch the scars of his resurrection. He bows his head, as if to kiss you. His heart is made bare open, as it were, in love to you. His arms are extended that he may embrace you. His whole body is displayed for your redemption. Ponder how great these things are. Let all this be rightly weighed in your mind: as he was once fixed to the cross in every part of his body for you, so he may now be fixed in every part of your soul."
(GMI 248)
Reflections on the Cross of Christ from the
early church fathers
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What
Happened on the Cross, by John Damascene
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A
Few Drops of Blood Renew the Whole World, by Gregory Nazianzen
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What
We Behold on the Cross, by Augustine
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Contemplating
the Lord's Passion by Leo the Great
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The
Lamb that was Slain by Melito of Sardis
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The
Power of the Blood of Christ by John Chrysostom
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By
One Death and Resurrection the World Was Saved by Basil
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The
Life-giving Cross of Christ by Theodore the Studite
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Let
us too glory in the Cross by Augustine
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The
Cross of Christ by Leo the Great
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The
Body of Christ Gives Life to Those Who Receive It, by Cyril of Alexandria
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The
Death of Death by Augustine