<p class="title_brown">Jesus carrying the Cross to the Calvary</p>

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We contemplate the mystery of <em>Jesus carrying the cross to the Calvary</em>, meditating on the words from the Gospel according Saint John:</p>

<p class="quote">Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).<br />
[Jn 19,17]</p>

<p class="normal_text">How is it possible that the condemned embrace the instrument of his condemnation? The answer is Love: this feeling that leads to the Easter embrace. Humanity figured in the form of the cross is embraced by Jesus Christ, is loaded towards the place of sacrifice, for it is necessary that in that moment Love talks higher and redeems evil. This cross that is a premise to the way, thus presented in preaching and now taken as first example: &laquo;If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me&raquo; [Lk 9,23].<br />
Christ is the holder of the cross that is humanity. To it hymns and praises will be raised, for it was the flag that opened the arms of the Redeemer, as the balance of the ransom, as thalamus, as throne and as altar.<br />
In Fatima, we also heard of the paschal mystery of Christ, who, obedient until death, walks with the crucified humanity in order to free it from all iniquity.<br />
Virgin of Fatima, Lady of the Painful Way, intercede for us next to Christ so that we may make ourselves available to embrace the cross of our redemption!</p>
