Holy Week is the week of the Cross as Christmas is the week of the crib. Its message is love. Jesus asks us to offer our difficulties to him. "Take up your cross and follow me." The Cross of Christ is engraved in our hearts. We are signed with it when we are first brought to be his disciples. We are sealed with it when we are confirmed in his service. We begin our worship with this same sign of divine love.
A Help in Daily Life
It helps us in daily life. "Lord, it's difficult to admit that I'm not as young as I used to be. It's not so much the being old that is difficult to bear, rather it's the obsolescence, the growing out-of-date and unimportant. When you are young you thrash about with vital energy trying to make your mark on the world, but when you are old you are forced by your own tired body to sit quietly by, watching as others move up.
