Dare to endure your share
Friday, 18th week in Ordinary Time
Nah 2:1-3,3:1-3,6-7; Mt 16: 24-28
The Lord deceives no one. The deceiver is the evil one who swears to charm people through his deceptive ways. The Lord lacks that enticing charm because the Lord goes by truth, that is God's Word. And the Word promises eternal life but with a price. However, it is not an undue price. It is merely each choosing to endure one's own cross, without trying to excuse oneself from it, rebel against it or bemoan it.