The Mystery of the Cross

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MYSTERY of the CRdSS 'The experience of suffering f and} very important, the experience offailure bving us face toface with mystery Coming to us as unwelcome tnsitors suffering and pain can, ifhandled well, turn out to befriends Why do tragedies occur? Why do the innocent have to suffer? Why do so many of us experience pain and desolation during our lives? In these profound reflections drawn from his homilies and speeches over the past twenty years, Cardinal Basil Hume shares his own questioning, his own searching, his own anguish. He joins with us as a fellow pilgrim walking through life, and meditates on the deep mysteries and uncertainties of our journey. He encourages us to enter into Christ's cruel and barbaric death on the cross and to try to discover somé meaning. kOur minds, feeble and limited,' he says, 'simply cannot understand all these things. But through our faith, through that gift of his, that initiative of his, we can begin to wonder and pray, and in our wondering... Tovább

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MYSTERY of the CRdSS 'The experience of suffering f and} very important, the experience offailure bving us face toface with mystery Coming to us as unwelcome tnsitors suffering and pain can, ifhandled well, turn out to befriends Why do tragedies occur? Why do the innocent have to suffer? Why do so many of us experience pain and desolation during our lives? In these profound reflections drawn from his homilies and speeches over the past twenty years, Cardinal Basil Hume shares his own questioning, his own searching, his own anguish. He joins with us as a fellow pilgrim walking through life, and meditates on the deep mysteries and uncertainties of our journey. He encourages us to enter into Christ's cruel and barbaric death on the cross and to try to discover somé meaning. kOur minds, feeble and limited,' he says, 'simply cannot understand all these things. But through our faith, through that gift of his, that initiative of his, we can begin to wonder and pray, and in our wondering and praying, find somé, though only somé, understanding.' The cross is central to our faith and in the midst of its pain and suffering, it offers the possibility of hope and resurrection. The Cardinal reflects on this, and, drawing on the liturgy of the Church, especially the Easter liturgy, he gently reminds us that Christ shared our pain and that 4our suffering hrings us closer to Christ and closer to God'. He opens and closes the book with beautiful and specially written reflections on the mystery and power of the Mass. BASIL hume is the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and a monk, and former abbot, of Ampleforth Abbey. His previous books include Basil in Blunderland, To Be a Pilgrim, Searching for God, Footprints of the Northern Saints and The Mystery ofLove. Vissza