True Friends, and True Enemies, of the Cross, by Robert Morrison

“And calling the multitude together with His disciples, He said to them: If any man will follow Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.  For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the gospel, shall save it.” (Mark 8:34-35)

In his Friends of the Cross, St. Louis de Montfort wrote about the great blessing of being able to take up our cross and follow Jesus:

“[W]as it not the Cross that gave Jesus Christ ‘a name which is above all names; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those that are in Heaven, on earth and under the earth’ (Phil. 2,9-10). The glory of the one who knows how to suffer is so great that the radiance of his splendor rejoices Heaven, angels and men and even the God of Heaven. If the saints in Heaven could still wish for something they would want to return to earth so as to have the privilege of bearing a cross.” (p. 20) …

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