The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe

by Richard Rohr

A Christian is invited, not required to accept and live the cruciform shape of all reality.

But: Matt 16:24: "Whoever wants to be my disciple Must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." also 10:38, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23 ("daily"), 14:27 The context is both invitation and requirement