“Set Down the Cross” is more than a song — it’s a spiritual awakening set to music. Inspired by the Message from Mary (January 10, 2025), this Neo-Folk Symphonic Rock Country anthem invites listeners to release the burdens of separation, self-doubt, and fear, and return to the truth of who they really are — beloved children of the Divine.
Blending the warmth of folk storytelling, the soul of country roots, and the sweeping transcendence of symphonic soundscapes, the song carries a message that resonates across the world’s great mystical traditions. Like the Christian path of resurrection, it calls us to rise from illusion into light. Like the Buddhist release of Māyā, it asks us to let the veil of separation fall. Like the Hindu realization of Ātman is Brahman, it reminds us that the spark of creation lives within. And like the Sufi love of the Beloved, it celebrates the heart’s ecstatic union with the Source of all being.
“Set Down the Cross” is a call to remember — to lay down what no longer serves, to awaken to divine wholeness, and to rediscover the eternal family of Love we never truly left. With soaring harmonies and heartfelt lyrics, it’s a song for the lost and the found, for anyone ready to rise and shine as the light they were born to be.

Lyrics

“Set Down the Cross”
[Verse 1 – The Question in the Wind]
Who are you, my child of wonder?
What are you beneath the thunder?
Lost in stories the world has spun,
Forgot your name in the race you run.
You built your shelter out of fear,
Called it life, called it clear—
But love’s been waitin’ all this time
To whisper softly, “You are mine.”
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[Pre-Chorus 1]
It’s not a purgatory, love, it’s not the end,
Just a dream you’ve been livin’ in again.
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[Chorus – Set Down the Cross]
Set down the cross you’ve been carryin’ so long,
Lay down the sorrow, rise in the song.
You’re not broken, you’re not alone,
You’re the heart of heaven, flesh and bone.
From dust to dawn, through tears and fire,
You’re the spark of the Great I Am desire.
Set down the cross, let illusion fall—
You’re the perfect child of the All-in-All.
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[Verse 2 – The Remembrance Rises]
You think you’re exiled from the plan,
But the light still lives in every man.
You’ve never left the holy ground,
It’s right inside the love you’ve found.
The veil was fear, the lock was shame,
But the key’s still carved with your true name.
Open the door, let spirit through—
The One you seek is the One in you.
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
The heavens never turned away,
They’ve been singin’ your name night and day.
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[Chorus – Set Down the Cross (Reprise)]
Set down the cross you’ve been carryin’ so long,
Let resurrection make you strong.
You’re not forgotten, you belong—
You are the melody in God’s own song.
Rise, my child, from the fear-worn ground,
The choir of angels is all around.
Set down the cross, let illusion fall—
You’re the perfect child of the All-in-All.
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[Bridge – The Resurrection Within]
From the ashes of forgetting,
Love remembers every line.
You were never once forsaken—
You’ve been holy all the time.
The sky unfolds, the stars confess,
The truth you are, eternal blessed—
No more shadows, no more night,
Only love, only light.
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[Final Chorus – The Great Family]
Set down the cross, lift your eyes above,
You’re still One in the Family of Love.
The crown you wear was never lost,
It’s been gleamin’ beneath the frost.
So rise and shine, beloved one—
Your resurrection has begun.
Set down the cross, hear heaven call—
You’re the perfect child of the All-in-All.