Monday, September 22, 2008

Some Thoughts on Cross and Resurrection in the Christian Life

In the triumph of Jesus through the resurrection, the cross must not be forgotten, nor the way of the cross, for the way of glory is through the cross. Hence, the suffering character of existence must not be forgotten, glossed over, or sentimentalized.

At the same time, in the ever-constant recollection of the cross, the resurrection must not be forgotten. In Jesus, the way of the cross is to glory.

In this life then, faithful to Jesus, participating in Jesus, we know cross and resurrection, suffering and glory, not as an endless cycle, not as an endless dualism, not even as a dialectic; but as a difficult and wondrous journey to that restoration and renewal which are not ours, which include but do not center on us, and where our weary and striving hearts rest and repair, finally.

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