On October 4, 1980, Frank Bice was playing safety for the Siena College Football Team when he suffered a compression fracture, leaving him a quadriplegic for life. Your Cross is Your Gift takes the reader full circle from a devastating injury on a football field, through a journey of gratitude, faith, perseverance, and true love, to ultimate redemption on the same football field. This tiny gem is destined to be a timeless classic!

Have you ever looked more closely at the Easter story and wondered how Jesus' death on the cross transforms every day of your life? In The Gift of the Cross, beloved and trusted pastor Dr. Charles F. Stanley walks us through the Lenten and Easter seasons with biblical teaching on Christ's journey to the cross, the wonder of His divine resurrection, and what it all means for believers today. Discover how this one event forms the absolute foundation for everything Christians believe and will impact not just how you celebrate Lent and Easter but how you can experience joy and hope all year long. Both men and women will be encouraged in their faith walk as they focus on the truths that: you can find rest in the final work of the Cross Jesus lives and reigns and is intimately involved in your life you can start experiencing God's love and the promises of the resurrection today As Dr. Stanley leads you in this study, you will discover: a more meaningful way to observe and celebrate the Lenten and Easter seasons decades of biblical study and teachings on Jesus' life, death, and resurrection gorgeous photography alongside powerful scriptures and Dr. Stanley's insights Develop a deeper understanding of the Lenten and Easter seasons through The Gift of the Cross. Look for additional inspirational devotionals and biblical teaching from Dr. Charles Stanley: The Gift of Jesus The Gift of Prayer The Gift of Heaven Christmas: A Gift for Every Heart

Following on the success of The Cross, Our Only Hope, this Lenten meditation book offers a scripture verse and a brief, insightful reflection for each day starting Ash Wednesday, continuing through the Saturday after Easter. Each reflection is written by a member of the Holy Cross community and places a finger on the pulse of the congregations spirituality. Lenten wisdom and moving stories emerge from the ministry of priests, brothers and sisters including Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., and Mary Ellen Vaughan, C.S.C. The vision of the Holy Cross community shines through with themes of divine providence, dedication to the eucharistic fellowship and worship, education of both the mind and the heart, and an apostolic zeal to make God known, loved, and served. This affordable booklet is perfectly suited for use during the Lenten season through wide distribution in parishes, schools, universities, and many other settings.

I found the whole booklet so rich, spiritual and scriptural and appropriately backend by saints, that there was nothing in the book that could be side tracked. Going through the book I felt that the book was the creation of a person who has himself carried the cross, put into practice whatever advice he has given. To make the prick less painful whatever advice he has given. To make the prick less painful Fr. Paul suggests a few methods under the title " The Art of Bearing the Cross". This book, in short, explains to us what the cross it, its meaning, its inevitability, necessity, and its importance in spiritual life.

Jesus died on the cross to save us. That is the turning point of history, the climax of the Bible and the heart of the Christian faith. Yet it is possible to become so familiar with the cross that it loses its impact on us. This book invites you to marvel at the death of Jesus and all that it achieved. Immerse yourself in God's salvation plan and enjoy the true freedom, forgiveness, justice, and purpose which we find only at the cross. Book jacket.