Flores on Loving the Cross | National Catholic Reporter

Flores on Loving the Cross | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: Interesting.  I would say that the Cross is not externally imposed, meaning it is not some evil force out to get us.  It is us, each individually is his own Cross and that the Cross of Christ was not about placating a Father who needed to be satisfied, but instead the vision quest by our divine brother who shows us we can conquer ourselves by following Him, as he followed us onto the cross - which now takes on following his example to be that salvation to others, which even this day in ISIL may mean actually being hung from a tree.