Look to the cross

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.

Thus says our Lord in today’s Gospel (John 3:13-17).

The people were in mortal terror and literally dying, but when Moses lifted up the image as God said, they were healed.

Even more so, in a world of disaster and dread, we can always look to God’s greatest gift, the gift of his love and his salvation, through the cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Whenever we fear, whenever we despair, whenever we are tempted, we should look to the cross.