Today we celebrate the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
During the first 280 years of its life the Catholic Church was severely persecuted. The symbol of the Cross, the symbol of public humiliation and excruciating death, was rarely used in our Christian iconography. But this doesn’t mean that the early Christians were reluctant to express their devotion to the Cross.
Fascinating detail and historical background, provides depth and meaning. The Exultation of the Cross was celebrated yesterday.
