A Catholic website in Australia, Daily Prayer Online, is offering daily reflections on the Gospel readings. The readings and reflections can be seen on the site or can be downloaded to an MP3 player.
What makes this site especially interesting is that soon Australia will be celebrating World Youth Day where young adults pilgrimage from around the world for the almost week-long event. Part of the tradition with World Youth Day is that there is a very simple wooden cross that is designated as the World Youth Day Cross. The cross travels throughout the entire host country before the World Youth Day gathering. Today’s reflection mentions the World Youth Day’Cross as it traverses Australia.
Those who have seen the cross or seen photos of it will probably smile at the memories. It truly is a simple cross and normally stands in a small parish church just a few blocks from the Vatican when it is not “on journey.” But what a journey it is when the cross travels!
The World Youth Day cross has probably had one of the most exciting series of adventures that anyone can ever imagine, travelling to distant corners of the globe. Sometimes young adults post prayers on it with sticky notes. Other times it becomes a center point for the celebration of Mass or for a prayer service. It has traveled on airplanes, by boat, by truck, been carried by hand, and even travelled by dogsled in upper Canada before the World Youth Day in Toronto.
While reading the daily prayer reflections from Australia, keep the cross’ journey in mind and how it resonates with your own life’s journey.
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