Day 2: From Crosses to Liberation
Nobody really takes up a cross voluntarily, but none of us carry a cross alone. How do we see past our crosses to our collective and individual liberation?
Kaya Oakes is the author of four books. She teaches nonfiction writing at UC Berkeley and her essays and journalism have appeared in America, Commonweal, Slate, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, Sojourners, and many other places.
Nobody really takes up a cross voluntarily, but none of us carry a cross alone. How do we see past our crosses to our collective and individual liberation?
Solidarity is not just about working together toward justice, but about a willingness to enter into another person’s pain.
Joy is justice. Justice is life.
Pope Francis has declared 2016 a Holy Year of Mercy, and mercy, he says in his new book, is about “[going] outside and [looking] for people where they live, where they suffer, and where they hope.” That is what Jesus does in the Gospels: he goes forth and gives mercy.
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