Signs of Life – The Cross
Philippians 2. 1-11
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
“Making the sign of the cross has been part of the Christian tradition from the second century. In those early days, it reminded followers of Jesus both of his death and resurrection but also that following Jesus meant accepting living with a humility of heart. For only in this way can we really enter into life in which God’s love can flow through us in our dealings with others.”
Revd Canon Andrew Bunch
Almighty God,
who by the death of your Son, Jesus Christ,
on the cross delivered and saved us;
mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of Christ,
may find it the way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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