Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Sean Woods

September 10, 2025 00:01:48
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Sean Woods
Archdiocese of Brisbane
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Sean Woods

Sep 10 2025 | 00:01:48

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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Sean Woods for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2025, Year C. "When you or I start to lose our patience, and stray from the right path, let us look upon the Cross."

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1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,944 Brothers and sisters, 2 00:00:02,944 --> 00:00:05,818 let us glory in the Cross. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,546 I put to you that the Cross 4 00:00:09,546 --> 00:00:12,177 and brazen serpent are alike. 5 00:00:13,689 --> 00:00:18,052 The Israelites, while in the desert, 6 00:00:18,052 --> 00:00:20,393 lost their patience with God. 7 00:00:21,547 --> 00:00:25,520 Straying from the right path, so to speak, 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,830 they were plagued with snake bite. 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,458 God instructed Moses 10 00:00:31,458 --> 00:00:33,647 to forge a brazen serpent. 11 00:00:34,896 --> 00:00:37,887 When Israel looked at the serpent, 12 00:00:37,887 --> 00:00:39,651 the venom was negated. 13 00:00:41,049 --> 00:00:44,000 In the case of the brazen serpent, 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,437 venom was healed by a non-venomous serpent. 15 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,145 In the case of the Cross, 16 00:00:52,145 --> 00:00:55,230 our sin, our straying, 17 00:00:55,230 --> 00:00:59,868 was healed by the Son of Man’s obedience unto death. 18 00:01:01,133 --> 00:01:06,546 Therefore, when you or I start to lose our patience, 19 00:01:06,546 --> 00:01:09,443 and stray from the right path, 20 00:01:09,443 --> 00:01:11,357 let us look upon the Cross. 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,465 So that, our impatience 22 00:01:15,465 --> 00:01:19,379 might be healed by looking upon patience, 23 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:23,113 patience that was exalted at the Ascension. 24 00:01:25,332 --> 00:01:26,880 Brothers and sisters, 25 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,269 let us glory in the Cross. 26 00:01:30,293 --> 00:01:32,664 I said that the brazen serpent 27 00:01:32,664 --> 00:01:36,470 was like the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, 28 00:01:36,470 --> 00:01:40,329 to whom be glory and honour for ever and ever. 29 00:01:40,566 --> 00:01:41,264 Amen.

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