My cross!
I have you everywhere with me,
you are above all to me!
My cross!
When I fall, you lift me up,
when I cry, you comfort me.
My cross!
When I suffer, you heal me,
when I call, you answer.
My cross!
Like a shining sun
you light and warm me.
My cross!
Living food,
beauty that enchants!
My cross!
Comfort me in solitude,
be my refuge.
My cross!
Support me in my work,
give me your protection.
My cross!
In my final moment
lift me up to the Lord.
(Antonín Cyril Stojan /May 22, 1851 – September 29, 1923/,
Archbishop of Olomouc;
today we commemorate the hundredth anniversary of his death)
