{"id":142587,"date":"2024-09-14T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=142587"},"modified":"2024-09-14T05:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T09:00:25","slug":"triumph-of-the-holy-cross-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/triumph-of-the-holy-cross-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumph of the Holy Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Tricia,<\/span><\/p>\n

Complaints, complaints, complaints. \u00a0All you do is complain. You are the biggest and most voluble complainer I know. \u00a0And I\u2019d like to tell you right now that I\u2019ve had it. I am no longer going to tolerate your complaints. \u00a0For a while I thought you would get over it, so I put up with it. But that didn\u2019t work. So now I guess I just have to tell you the secret. \u00a0Few people know it (that\u2019s why it\u2019s a secret), but complaints can be an excellent, magnificent tool for spiritual growth. It all has to do with today\u2019s feast day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Originally this celebration was linked to St Helen\u2019s miraculous fourth-century finding of the cross on which Jesus had been crucified. \u00a0The Emperor Constantine constructed magnificent Basilicas on the hill of Calvary and over the Holy Sepulchre (where Christ was buried) to honor the cross of Christ. \u00a0When the Persian armies conquered Palestine around the year 600, they carried off the pieces of the True Cross, which had been housed in the basilicas. The Emperor Heraclius recovered them in 614, on September 14<\/span>th<\/span>. \u00a0Ever since, the Church has commemorated the event, and taken advantage of it not only to venerate the actual pieces of wood, but also to praise Christ for the sacrifice he offered upon that wood, a sacrifice that reunited God and man forever, a sacrifice that reveals the path to holiness. \u00a0Here\u2019s how.<\/span><\/p>\n

Growth in holiness (and the happiness that holiness engenders) requires the Cross, because holiness comes from friendship with Christ, and the Cross is the condition of nearness to Christ, as He himself told us: \u201cIf anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.\u201d (Luke 9:23) \u00a0What is the Cross? It\u2019s contradiction. It\u2019s any time your duties, your conscience, the inspirations of the Holy Spirit, or the circumstances of your life contradict your natural preferences and likes. When that happens, what you OUGHT to do is not what you FEEL like doing. In that moment, you have a chance to show God that you love him, by choosing to do his will instead of your own, thereby following in the footsteps of our Lord\u2019s Passion, in which he redeemed the world by obeying God\u2019s will even though it was mortally painful for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the biggest problems Christians have is their undeveloped capacity to identify the crosses that God sends them each day. \u00a0And when you don\u2019t identify them, you can\u2019t take them up, and if you don\u2019t take them up, you can\u2019t use them to grow in holiness and extend Christ\u2019s redemption into your life and the lives of those around you.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is where complaining comes in. \u00a0You see, every time you complain, it\u2019s because you are experiencing contradiction: something in your experience is contradicting your natural preference. \u00a0Behind every complaint there is a cross. So what you need to do is learn Complaint Judo. Whenever you find yourself complaining, turn the very discomfort or frustration that is causing the complaint into a prayer. \u00a0Complain to God, then renew your trust in him and ask for the strength to accept and fulfill his will no matter what, just as Christ did. Thus, every complaint, which by nature expresses and aggravates your self-centeredness, will become a vehicle for embracing your daily crosses and growing in your friendship with Christ. \u00a0Simple formula for sure growth in holiness.<\/span><\/p>\n

So since you won\u2019t stop complaining, at least put your complaints to good use; learn Complaint Judo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your loving uncle, Eddy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson\u2019s\u00a0The Passion of the Christ\u00a0while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller,\u00a0Inside the Passion, the only authorized, behind-the-scenes explanation of the film. Fr. John has contributed news commentary regarding religious issues on NBC, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. He also served as the English-language press liaison for the Vatican\u2019s 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. His most widely known books are The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer and 60 Days to Becoming a Missionary Disciple. His most recent book is\u00a0Spiritual But Not Religious: The Search for Meaning in a Material World. Fr. John resides in Atlanta and serves as Territorial Vicar for the Legionaries of Christ. See all books, Regnum Christi Essays, Retreat Guides, posts, and online classes from Fr. 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