Bearing the cross
As Christians, we walk with Jesus in His passion and crucifixion every day as we carry our own cross. Christ promised us His yoke was light, and yet it can be difficult to believe that with the weight of our own bearing down on us.
As Christians, we walk with Jesus in His passion and crucifixion every day as we carry our own cross. Christ promised us His yoke was light, and yet it can be difficult to believe that with the weight of our own bearing down on us.
A community was experiencing a period of drought. At mass, they prayed for rain. The following Sunday, the parishioners returned to mass. The Pastor asked, “Where are your umbrellas?”
With the Word of God, we can make this a life-changing Lent for ourselves and for the whole world.
It is possible to know God so closely, so intimately, that you know His presence just as you do for any family member or friend of the heart.
“We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think the wide circle of the American Society, or the wide circle of the Christian Community, realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist.”…