There is something terrifying and yet deeply consoling about the Cross. We are terrified because the Cross reminds us, at the human level, that we must all suffer in one way or another during life. None of us can or will escape this reality. Suffering will find us. And none of us like suffering – not one of us wants to suffer. At the spiritual level, the Cross consoles us greatly; there, we see the Lord in His own suffering – and by means of that suffering, we see and experience our redemption. By His holy Cross we are redeemed and the way of salvation is opened to us. Further,…