Carrying your cross

Our readings from scripture for this week centers on “carrying one’s cross.” The Gospel is from Mark 8: 27-35. The first reading is from Isaiah 50: 5-9a. Isaiah is addressing a community that for years that been in exile, slaves in a foreign land. And Isaiah brings to them words of hope in spite of their suffering. Beaten down by fifty years of exile, Isaiah’s community is ready to give up all...

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