Bread-and-wine-for-lent Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The cross is not the suffering tied to being natural existence, but the suffering tied to being Christians. The cross is never simply a…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The cross is the suffering the Christian endures as a consequence of his following Christ in perfect obedience. Christ chose the cross by choosing…

— A.W. Tozer

The cross is suffering with Christ.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“There must be, and, if we are honest, there always will be at least one situation in our lives that we cannot fix, control,…

— Richard Rohr

“The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments of this…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms, bearing on…

— Pope Francis

The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The cross always simultaneously means rejection, and that the disgrace of suffering is part of the cross. Being expelled, despised, and abandoned by people…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“We use the word cross in our hymns, in our piety, in our prayers, and in our pastoral language. But we use it too…

— John Howard Yoder

“I always understood the idea of the ultimate redeemer, Christ on the cross. But now I was beginning to see that this is something…

— John Lewis

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer