Lent II Mark 8:31-38. "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."
The Way of the Cross: Take time to wonder what difference it makes if you understand the following events with rational understanding, out of the Presence, or with spiritual understanding, in God's Presence.
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
When you are faced with a difficult situation
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus betrayed by Judas
When someone lets you down
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus condemned by the Sanhedrin
When the Church judges you
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus denied by Peter
When your best friend rejects you
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus condemned by the people
When others you did not expect would ever desert you
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus crowned with thorns and clothed in purple
When you are embarrassed and humiliated by others
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus carries the cross
When you are unjustly accused
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus assisted by Simon of Cyrene
When you can no longer go on
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
When others show hypocritical pity on you
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus is crucified
When you think of the most painful time in your life
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus speaks to the thief
When you are misunderstood and rejected
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus speaks to his mother
When you had to say good bye to a loved one
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus dies on the cross
When all hope is lost
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus is buried
When everything went wrong, nothing went right
What difference does it make
If you are out of the Presence
In the Presence
Jesus is raised from the dead
Resurrection is the difference between
Being out, in spiritual death, or
Being in the Life of the Spirit
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