If we were to go to John of the Cross with a complaint, perhaps he would remind us that "the road is narrow" that leads to life and those who wish "to travel it more easily must cast off all things" and use the cross as their only "cane," and so be ready to suffer all things willingly for the love of God.
Because sometimes we may have sought satisfaction apart from Christ or preferred other crutches or cushions to his cross, we beg his mercy.
