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INTRODUCTION

Cross: God's Vision for a Fuller Life

“For the message about the cross is foolishness to those
who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power
of God. 1 Corinthians … but we proclaim Christ crucified.” (1
Cor. 1:18,23)

The Cross is the ultimate and unique symbol of our
faith. We are the people under the shadow of the Cross. We
are the ones chosen to tread the path of the Cross. Taking up
the Cross and following the crucified is discipleship. But the
Cross has become, or rather we have converted the cross into
an ornament. The meaning and significance of the Cross are
getting diluted in our teaching and life. At times we think and
interpret that the pain, suffering and the problems we face are,
in fact, the Cross. Maybe true, sometimes. However, we need to
note that the problems we face, the pain and suffering that we
often invite upon ourselves because of our own wrong doing,
is not the Cross. Instead we encounter the Cross when we walk
the Lord’s way, the path of education, empowerment, resistance,
reconciliation, healing, justice and peace. The Cross is the goal
of our life. As we are given grace to once again enter the Lenten
season, we are invited to look intently on the Cross and the
Crucified One and to understand the meaning, significance and
relevance of the Cross in our daily life.

Cross is the vision of life in all its fullness

Paul informs us that some consider the message of
the Cross as foolishness, weakness, shame and a scandalous,

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