If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves
and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Luke 9:23)
In popular parlance, "carrying one’s cross" means
accepting to patiently endure a difficult ordeal over which one has no control.
But in the mouth of Jesus, this expression says something else. For Jesus, the
cross is not an ordeal to be endured, but the supreme witness of love which
becomes a source of salvation for the world. He announces to his listeners
that, if they want to be his disciples, they must do as he did: embark on a
path of radical love that transforms every aspect of life.
In the popular conception, this pandemic is a
"cross" that I must endure with patience. However, if I follow Jesus,
I will seize this pandemic an opportunity to truly be his disciple. I will
transform this ordeal with my words of love, by the concern I have for others,
by my care for the good of all. In learning to overcome my frustrations to be
more attentive to others, I transform this pandemic into a Christian
"cross", a sign of love and a source of salvation for the world.
Abba, Father, from the height of the Cross, Jesus poured out
your love on the world. Give me your Spirit so that I also turn all the events
of my life into an occasion for love. Help me to die to my selfish moods and help
others live abundantly.
Amen.
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