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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 +
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