Our Lord invited us, if we would be his disciples, to take up our cross and follow him. A few days later he manifested his divinity to three of his apostles in the Transfiguration, as we will see him in his glory in heaven.  In this meditation, using texts from Scripture, St Josemaria and St John Vianney, we consider how:

• Our pathway to heaven passes by way of the cross
• The cross is truly a blessing, in that it purifies us and it can be offered up for others
• The cross is a manifestation of God’s love for us
• When we have a cross to bear, we can think that Christ suffered more than we ever will, and that many others are suffering more than we are
• If we love the crosses life brings, we will find joy in them and they will unite us with Christ
• We should seek the cross too through mortification and penance