Christ’s call to deny yourself and take up your cross sounds like loss — but what if it’s closer to being unmade and remade at once? St. Gregory the Great names a strange kind of self-denial: not the destruction of who you are, but a growing estrangement from who you used to be.
This reflection explores how Christ is present in everyday acts of gathering, serving, grieving, and beginning again. It invites readers to see their daily lives as sacred participation in the ongoing mystery of the cross and resurrection.