“It is up to Christians to show people that the cross, all the crosses of history, call upon us to advance from possession to sharing and offering, to discover the Giver through the gift.”
Olivier Clément in Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts from Patristic Era with Commentary (New City Press, 2013) 228.
What a paradox! When we live in light of the cross we advance in generosity “we discover the Giver through the gift.” God help us shift from “possession to sharing and offering.”
The best part of this quote for me is that it was shared with me by one of my former students, Dave Rowland, who has recognized its veracity in his life.