The thought of the cross changes thorns to roses,

My Good Angel, help me to understand

the merits of the Cross.

The Tree of Life is their refuge.

Alleluia!
original painting

The Cross defends me against temptation.
Langlume

It is with joy, O my God, that I carry the Cross.

Langlume

The Cross Sanctifies the Soul.
Handpainted

At the foot of the Cross remember me.

I am a friend of purity 
I am with you if you want to be with me.
Bouasse Lebel 460

Always united in the shadow of the Cross, under the protection of this lovely heart.
E. Bouasse-Jeune

Salvation is in the faith,

happiness in the hope.

What Divine Love can do.

It is good to serve Jesus Christ. 

And death is sweet to those who love Him.

Ch. Letaille, Paris

The true Christian counts it as his glory to carry his cross.

It is at the foot of the Cross that we find peace.

Let us go to the Cross. 

From there the virtues of salvation are set free:

Charity, Resignation, Sweetness, Sacrifice
Turgis

The Lily: innocence

Happy the one whose conduct is  pure

and who rules his steps under the law of the Lord.