Abandoning Comfort

In the 19th century, a Belgian priest named Father Damien left the comforts of home behind and moved to the Hawaiian island of Molokai to minister both physically and spiritually to a group of lepers that had been quarantined there. Eventually, Father Damien contracted the disease himself and decided to remain with the other men instead of leave for treatment. Similarly, Jesus willingly left heaven and became a man, entering into our sufferings and literally taking up his cross. Father Damien...