Luke 9:23
Douay-Rheims
And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Basil of Caesarea
(ubi sup.) Now a desire of suffering death for Christ and a mortification of one’s members which are upon the earth, and a manful resolution to undergo any danger for Christ, and an indifference towards the present life, this it is to take up one’s cross. Hence it is added, And let him take up his cross daily.
Source details
A.D. 379 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 9:23-27
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.