Carrying Crosses

Nothing important is ever easy. It may be easy to understand, but doing it is another matter. The loaf and cup here in front of us remind us about the powerful temptation in the Garden, the temptation for Jesus to do other than what he knew was the Father’s will. They remind us that nothing is ever changed by staying in the Garden, never changed by knowing what to do. It takes coming out of the Garden, so to speak, to do what it takes.

Here we transfer the format to ourselves. Christ has called us to follow his lead, and that following includes doing the hard things all the way up perhaps to carrying our own crosses to our own Golgothas.