During the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross, Fr. Matthew Howell talks about how our relationships need to be balanced and oriented in a cross-shape form (+): vertically oriented toward God in prayer and repentance, and horizontally oriented through love of our neighbor. He also explains how moments of joyful sorrow are the pivotal moments of our salvation in which we are at the intersection of the beams of the cross.
