Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

Resolution follows Acknowledgement Resolution:  Jesus in his death was showing us how to live.  Once we hear the call we must resolve to respond.  This part of the cross-examen is a prayerful consent to embrace the excruciating life.  May have died for the truths we have just acknowledged but what if they are not just…

Jesuit Christians daily practice the Prayer of Examen.  It is a simple form of prayer that seeks to develop receptiveness to the call of God for the purpose of a response. We need to "examen" the cross not "examine" the cross.  Jesus’ death was a supreme act of love–a love supreme, that is.  "Greater love…

The English word "excruciating" comes from the Latin "excruciare" meaning "out of the cross."  It is a wrod invented specifically to describe the pain of crucifixion.  We must never minimize the cross.  it is the center of our faith.  In the same way the jazz never leaves the blues behind, Christians daily carry their cross.…

The Apostle Peter understood that we are to become strange fruit.  Legend says that he was crucified, literally, upside-down.  He in turn calls us all to see the cross as a pattern for our lives. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners