St Mark the Ascetic: Taking Up the Cross With Joy

Published: Dec. 21, 2012, 6:39 a.m.

b'This week, Archimandrite Irenei examines a text by St. Mark the Ascetic in which the Christian is enjoined to "give himself entirely to the Cross," undergoing "with joy" the abasement that it brings. Do we live our lives in this way? Can we claim to be what St. Mark terms "true Christians"?'