Every call of Christ leads into death.

Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who supports them. The disciples bear the suffering laid on them only by the power of him who bears all suffering on the cross. As bearers of suffering, they stand in communion with the Crucified.

What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.

It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.

Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.