It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

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"Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable. But with Easter, a way out becomes visible for human sorrows, an absolute future: more than a hope, a divine expectation."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

Hope

"What you are is God's gift to you; what you become is your gift to God."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

Personal Growth

"What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

Contribution

"What you are is God’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to God."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

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"In a sense, your small and simple sacrifices are the dots of daily living that make up the masterpiece painting of your life. You may not see how the dots connect now, and you don’t need to yet. Simply have faith enough for the moment you are living in now. Trust in God, and ‘out of small things [will come] that which is great’ [Doctrine and Covenants 64:33]."

- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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"With God all things are possible."

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"For we walk by faith, not by sight."

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"Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.’"

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"Jesus answered, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’"

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