15 November 2023
The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus
Christ, is to deny oneself. To deny oneself means: to give up one’s bad habits,
to root out of the heart all that ties us to the world… to be dead to sin and
the world, but alive to God. A Christian’s second duty is to take up one’s
cross. The word “cross” means sufferings, sorrows and adversities. To “take up
one’s cross” means to accept without complaint everything unpleasant, painful,
sad, difficult and oppressive that may happen to us in life. In other words, to
bear all laughter, scorn, weariness, sorrow and annoyance from others; to bear
all poverty, misfortune, illness, without regarding yourself as offended.
Saint Innocent of Alaska
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