St. Mark’s words of Christ illustrate what practical form our appreciation and gratitude for Christ’s sufferings should take. We must be ready to follow him on the road to Calvary. We must deny ourselves – deprive ourselves not only of sinful pleasure or gain, but even of lawful things at times, in order to be Christ-like. We must take up our cross and follow him. This does not mean that we must search for crosses – there are plenty of them in any good Christian’s life – but we must gladly accept the crosses life brings us and see in them God’s means of keeping us close to him. Life on earth is very short, eternal life is endless. No thinking man, and certainly no true Christian, would risk losing the eternal life for the sake of a few paltry gains or a few extra years here below.
Adults: What is the cross that you carry today? How do you follow Jesus in the workplace and at home?
Children: What do you think it means for you to follow in Jesus’ footsteps?
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