Strength in Weakness

This is truly a paradox, but so is Christianity.  Because Christ was crucified, Christians find their strength in the cross.  But what does this mean for each one of us?  On Holy Saturday, as Christians ponder their Savior’s death, they look forward with hope to the resurrection, while still grappling with the sufferings and pains of life.  Christ sets us free, but we remain here on earth with our own individual crosses.

Does one fight to overcome and defeat the cross or simply endure it and accept the pain?  Does one resent the cross with disdain or embrace it with happiness and joy?  There are no easy answers here (perhaps it is not meant to be easy), but God’s mysterious help offers a path to understanding.  A mystery is not something we cannot understand at all, but something we cannot understand by our own reason, without God’s revelation.

Below is a link to an excellent article addressing this issue by Dr. Peter Kreeft of Boston College.  It is rather lengthy but time worth spent for a Holy Saturday meditation. 

How does the weakness of the cross make us strong?