Lenten reflection part II

In looking at what I have read during this time of Lent, I now know what the load was. In the Paul’s letters we are asked to die with Christ so we may also rise with Christ.
In our death with Christ, we also hang on the cross with Christ. We have been told that our sins nail Christ to the cross. Not true, we as believers in the Word believe that we will die and rise to a new life. The nails that hold Christ to the cross are made of love. Jesus died for us, he loved us so much, and that he hung on the cross. Our love for God is what nails us to the cross. The cross we are asked to pick up and carry. As we are crucified with Jesus, we become one in death so we may rise again. What do our sins have to do with our death on the cross with Christ?

Our death on cross is a victory. Our sins that we commit help the devil. The devil does not want us to embrace the cross as Jesus did. Our sins are our weight and the devils hands keeping us from hanging on the cross. The devil wants us to die in the world he has tried to change. With confession, God’s love is shown to us in his mercy. The love given places us on the cross with his Son. Our hearts opened to the love of the God the Father. Padre Pio says that “my heart has beats as one with the heart of Jesus.” What happens when we confess and hearts beat as one?