“Why Do You Fear to Take Up the Cross?”

Why, then, do you fear to take up the cross when through it you can win a kingdom? In the cross is salvation, in the cross is life . . . There is no salvation of soul nor hope of everlasting life but in the cross. (The Imitation of Christ)

As the Church approaches Passiontide, it seems appropriate to turn our attention to the Cross of Christ, and the spiritual classic, “The Imitation of Christ,” gives us an excellent starting point. More.