Friday in the 6th Week of the Ordinary Time
Mk 8:34-9:1
Take away the word “Christ” from the word “Christian” and we are left with the letters i, a, and n. The letters i, a, and n rightly stand for “I am nothing”. Indeed, without Christ, we are nothing. Christ is our everything.
Christ, however, comes with a cross. There is no cross-less Christ just as there is there should be no Christ-less cross. Accepting Christ is accepting His cross. Accepting our cross should always be accepting Christ as well. It cannot be otherwise. It should not be otherwise.
A cross-less Christ is a phony. It is a fake Christ. It is not Christ at all.
A Christ-less cross is a burden, nothing else. It is suffering without grace. It is not the cross that Christ requires us to carry each day.
What kind of a Christ do we follow? What kind of a cross do we bear? The answer is clearly seen in way we live our lives.
Jesus, dont leave us or else will be nothing. We know that most of the time, it is us who leaves you because of sin. Heal us from our wounds and pour the grace in us that we will always be united with you.
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