“Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me”……Dying to self is not natural and only thru God’s grace can we achieve it……….Its a long drawn out process…………One of the first words out of a child’s mouth is “MINE” & it takes a lifetime, prayer, & the Sacraments to forget that word……“MINE”…….which we all hold onto so tightly and keeps us from knowing God”

Gospel Text: (Jn 3:13-17)

Jesus said to Nicodemus:
“No one has gone up to heaven
except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him. 

 

Reflect, today, upon your own crosses. As you do, try not to see them as a burden. Instead, realize the potential within those crosses. Prayerfully look at your crosses as invitations to share in Christ’s Cross. Say “Yes” to your crosses. Choose them freely. Unite them to Christ’s Cross. As you do, have hope that God’s glory will come forth in your life and in the world through your free embrace of them. Know that these “burdens” will be transformed and become a source of exaltation in your life by the transforming power of God.