carrying the cross
Shouldering one's trials
Carrying the cross means bearing a heavy burden or enduring prolonged suffering, from the gospel account of Jesus carrying his cross to crucifixion.
The phrase suggests patient acceptance of hardship, often with religious overtones: She's been carrying the cross of her husband's illness for years.
Sometimes used more loosely for any ongoing difficulty one must simply endure.
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- Jesus ChristChristianity's central deity
- GolgothaBiblical execution hilltop
- SimonMasculine given name
- bearing witnessObserving and later attesting
burden · suffering · path of suffering · thorns · nails · Jerusalem · Calvary · passion · Good Friday · crown of thorns · sacrifice · wooden · heavy · stumbling · soldiers · crowd · Mary · sweat
- Paschal Mysterycrucifixion, resurrection, empty tomb, risen Christ, Good Friday
carrying the crossrunning away
Rapid departure from danger
giving up · quitting · desertion · passing the buck · copping out
carrying the crossself-indulgence
Excessive yielding to desires
hedonism · selfishness · looking out for number one · self-preservation · self-gratification
carrying the crossapostasy
Renunciation of former beliefs
self-will · pride · defiance · worldliness
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