The Way of the Cross
Along the path of this life, I was a leper once.
Today I am restored; yet I did not go spreading rumor,
except to speak of the grace that saves,
at the fitting moment.
Like Peter, I too had my moments of extremes:
at times impulsive, at times restrained,
very faithful, and a failed impostor.
Henceforth, I am guided by the Holy Spirit,
transformed into a new man,
on the way toward what was promised to me.
Meanwhile, everything seems lost,
even doing everything that was suggested.
The facts do not match the essence of the living God —
this makes no sense!
Yet God does not contradict Himself,
even when the path is obscured.
The only thing that remains for me
is to suffer on this cross alone,
so that, truly, I may resurrect
what has today become a challenge:
endless, solitary, arduous, contingent, uncertain…
Yet what awaits us on the other side
is an eternal life, and also provisional,
in regard to pure joy:
peace, happiness, and fulfillment.
Oh, God!
This cross is what I desire most!
