The cross is not merely a sort of beautiful spiritual meditation. It is also enduring suffering in order to stand against the sinful world.
Featured image: Side-chapel in the Dormition Cathedral in Moscow. Photographer Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1911. Prokudin-Gorskiĭ Collection. Library of Congress
Trust God, Who is good, powerful, living and He will bring you to rest. After trials there follows spiritual joy. The Lord watches over all those who for His love endure trials and sorrows. So don’t cower and don’t be fainthearted.
I will always carry my cross. And if I cannot carry it, at least I will drag it. Because I do not want to lose my cross. I want to find the mercy of Christ and His Salvation and Kingdom.
– Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851 – 1911)
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