From Amalar of Metz quoting John Chrysostom

 

From Amalar of Metz, on the Liturgy, quoting John Chrysostom 

In his homily On the Cross and the Thief, John Chrysostom says: "The cross is the hope of Christians, the cross is the resurrection of the dead, the cross is the leader of the blind, the cross is a path for the hopeless, the cross is a staff for the crippled, the cross is the consolation of the poor, the cross is the restraint of the wealthy, the cross is the destruction of the proud, the cross is punishment for those who lead evil lives, the cross is a triumph over demons, the cross is the ruin of the devil, the cross is the tutor of youth, the cross is the support for the needy, the cross is the hope of the desperate, the cross is the helmsman of sailors, the cross is a harbor for those in peril, the cross is a wall for the besieged, the cross is the father of orphans, the cross is the defender of widows, the cross is the counselor of the just, the cross is rest for the troubled, the cross is the guardian of children, the cross is a leader of men, the cross is the end of old age, the cross is a light for those sitting in the darkness, the cross is the magnificence of kings, the cross is an everlasting shield, the cross is the intelligence of the foolish, the cross is the freedom of slaves, the cross is the wisdom of emperors, the cross is the law of the impious, the cross is the proclamation of prophets, the cross is the message of the apostles, the cross is the exultation of martyrs, the cross is the abstinence of monks, the cross is the chastity of virgins, the cross is the joy of priests, the cross is the foundation of the church, the cross is the surety of the world, the cross is the destruction of temples, the cross is the rejection of idols, the cross is the stumbling block of the Jews, the cross is the damnation of the impious, the cross is the strength of the weak, the cross is medicine for the sick, the cross is the cleansing of lepers, the cross is rest for 'the paralyzed, the cross is bread for the hungry, the cross is a spring for the thirsty, the cross is covering for the naked."