On September 14, 335 A.D., the Roman government’s official Christian Church dedicated a basilica and a church on the hill of Calvary outside the old city of Jerusalem. That day of dedication has been celebrated by the Christian Church every year for the past 1,675 years. The celebration is called Holy Cross Day because a relic, believed to be that if the true cross, had been discovered at the building site.

      Thirty years before that dedication ceremony Christians were considered to be enemies of the Roman Empire. Then, miraculously, thirty years later, the Cross of Jesus was a sign of victory. The Cross is many things for many people. It is sign of sin, penitence, burden, humanness, and death. More importantly, however, the Cross of Jesus is a sign of courage, rebirth, hope, forgiveness and victory over death.

     At St. Boniface Church, I see the Cross as a sign of courage, rebirth, and determination to make your second century as the Episcopal Church in Comfort, Texas a beacon of light and hope for the Hill Country.

God Bless the people of this Church!

    Fr. Fred +