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Some
Spiritual Reading Resources on
the Cross of Christ
Sermons / homilies from
the early church fathers
•
What
Happened
on the Cross, by John
Damascene
•
A
Few Drops of Blood Renew the Whole
World, by Gregory Nazianzen
•
What
We
Behold on the Cross, by
Augustine
•
Contemplating
the
Lord's Passion by Leo the Great
•
The
Lamb
that was Slain by Melito of Sardis
•
The
Power
of the Blood of Christ by John
Chrysostom
•
By
One
Death and Resurrection the World Was
Saved by Basil
•
The
Life-giving
Cross of Christ by Theodore the
Studite
•
Let
us
too glory in the Cross by Augustine
•
The
Cross
of Christ by Leo the Great
•
The
Body
of Christ Gives Life to Those Who
Receive It, by Cyril of Alexandria
•
The
Death
of Death by Augustine
•
The
Good
Shepherd gives new life beyond the grave,
by Basil of Seleucia
Reflections and
Meditations
•
He
Bore
Our Pride In His Body on the Cross,
by Raniero Cantalamessa
•
The
Throne
of Love, by Rupert,
Abbot of Deutz
•
Contemplating
Christ's
Passion, by Jeanne Kun
•
Jesus'
Crucifixion:
'It Is Finished', by Jeanne Kun
•
Freedom
from
Sin and Death, by Jeanne Kun
•
The
Seven
Last Words of Jesus, reflections
and paintings by John Dunne
•
The
Shedding
of Christ's Blood (meditation on
Hebrews 9)
•
"It
is
Finished!" (meditation on John 19)
•
The
Passion,
Death, & Resurrection:
meditations on the Four Gospels
Hymns and poems
•
Oh,
The
Cross (an early church hymn)
•
When
I
Survey the Wondrous Cross
•
God
has
Reigned From a Tree(a passion hymn)
•
Awakened
to
Eternity: a spiritual journey of poems
for Passiontide and Easter
Links to other seasonal
spiritual readings:
• Spiritual Reading on the Cross
of Jesus Christ
• Spiritual
Reading on the Resurrection
of Christ and the Easter season
• Spiritual Reading
on Pentecost
and the Gift of the Holy Spirit
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