“What does it mean to take up your cross? It means the willing acceptance, at the hand of Providence, of every means of healing, that is offered, bitter though it may be. Do great catastrophies fall on you? Be obedient to God’s will, as Noah was. Is sacrifice demanded of you? Give yourself into God’s hands with the same faith as Abram had when he went to sacrifice his son… Bear it all without grumbling, and with faith that God’s help is at hand, as the apostles did.”
(St Nikolai Velimirovich, quote)