{"id":6009,"date":"2025-03-19T02:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2025-03-19T02:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:10:53","slug":"it-is-only-through-the-cross-that-we-can-be-authentic-pilgrims-of-hope-constitution-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6009","title":{"rendered":"IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE CROSS THAT WE CAN BE AUTHENTIC PILGRIMS OF HOPE (Constitution 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>The cross of Jesus Christ is central to our mission. Like the apostle Paul, we \u201cpreach Christ and him crucified\u201d (1 Cor 2: 2). If we bear in our body the death of Jesus, it is with the hope that the life of Jesus, too, may be seen in our body (cf. 2 Cor 4:10).<\/strong><\/em> (Constitution 4)<\/p>\n<p>Those around us can become tired of our beautiful words, they want to SEE and experience the Paschal Mystery in and through us. If the Cross of Jesus Christ is really central in our lives, then it will automatically be visible.<\/p>\n<p>Frequently, we tend to have a partial focus on the cross and forget that the cross is the door that opens to resurrection and the fullness of life. \u201cPicking up our cross\u201d daily is an invitation to recognize Jesus Christ\u2019s suffering in our own suffering, His accompaniment in all that is dark and painful in our lives, to the point of crying out, with him, \u201cMy God , why have you forsaken me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, because the cross and resurrection is central to our lives and mission, \u201cit is with the hope that the life of Jesus, too, may be seen in our body.\u201d It is only through the cross that we can be true pilgrims of hope, witnesses of the new life and the possibilities of the certainty of our Savior\u2019s promise: \u201cI am with you always, until the end of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cross of Jesus Christ is central to our mission. Like the apostle Paul, we \u201cpreach Christ and him crucified\u201d (1 Cor 2: 2). If we bear in our body the death of Jesus, it is with the hope that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6009\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}