Through his Passion, Jesus invites us to hand over our own difficulties to him. A powerful way of doing this is to fix our own stories to the wooden cross that we kiss on Good Friday THE CROSS is not just a piece of wood; it is everything that makes life difficult. Jesus carried the crosses of his life without complaint, as a poor person and as an itinerant prophet. In the calm and courageous way that he put up with the threats of the Pharisees and the lack of understanding of his own disciples, in the way that he carried all the burdens of his life but, in particular, the way in which he carried this awful, final burden, he transformed the cross from a symbol of condemnation into one of liberation. Each Lent, parishes try to find new ways of helping people enter into the mystery of