![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UV8Ys_fC4i0/default.jpg "A brief home veneration. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." -- 1 Cor 1:18 History: Early in the fourth century St. Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search of the holy places of Christ's life. She razed the Temple of Aphrodite, which tradition held was built over the Savior's tomb, and her son built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher over the tomb. During the excavation, workers found three crosses. Legend has it that the one on which Jesus died was identified when its touch healed a dying woman. The cross immediately became an object of veneration. At a Good Friday celebration in Jerusalem toward the end of the fourth century, according to an eyewitness, the wood was taken out of its silver container and placed on a table together with the inscription Pilate ordered placed above Jesus' head: Then "all the people pass through one by one; all of them bow down, touching the cross and the inscription, first with their foreheads, then with their eyes; and, after kissing the cross, they move on." To this day the Eastern Churches, Catholic and Orthodox alike, celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on the September anniversary of the basilica's dedication. The feast entered the Western calendar in the seventh century after Emperor Heraclius recovered the cross from the Persians, who had carried it off in 614, 15 years earlier. According to the ...")
![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lAwuSsPdH6I/default.jpg "Official video clip for the track "PROUD TO WEAR THE HOLY CROSS" by GOLDEN RESURRECTION, taken from their debut album GLORY TO MY KING GLORY TO MY KING will be released in JAPAN NOVEMBER 26, 2010 The rest of the world DECEMBER 3, 2010 For more information: www.myspace.com/goldenresurrection www.liljegren-records.com Please order your copy of GOLDEN RESURRECTION - GLORY TO MY KING PERSONALLY SIGNED AT: ONLY 14.99 USD INCLUDING SHIPPING TO ALL COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. www.liljegren-records.com")
Published
April 15, 2013
Here are a dozen or so girls' schools' public thoughts about themselves and their missions.
Make Summer a Special Time!
If you have children in private school, then you are most likely looking at three months, perhaps even longer, which you must fill with activities of one kind or another during the long summer break.
Are You Liable?
Is your DEL key about to get gaveled? It doesn't matter whether you teach in a public or private school setting. You expose yourself to legal risks every single day on the job.
