Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.
Saint Rose of Lima
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Rose of Lima
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Many people’s lives can be characterized as either:
A) Yeah, I know this isn’t the ladder… but I’m sure it will work, right? (wrong.)
B) I don’t need to climb a ladder. That’s a lot of work! God loves me, He’ll come and carry me up. (also wrong.)
I don’t like ladders. I don’t enjoy suffering. I don’t really want to do the work.
However, I *do* believe St Rose, so off to the Cross I go…
Right TBO!
Maybe there were only one set of footprints because I was supposed to go through that narrow gate and climb up on a cross way back there instead of going through the wide gate and taking this gently sloped broad road!