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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> Leadership and Suffering </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>Dec. 1, 2024</time> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Joseph McInerney</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>Dec. 1, 2024</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Domestic+Church+Lead+With+Faith.jpg/221701f24d4d11f0bd62c61949a5cc08?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Domestic+Church+Lead+With+Faith.jpg/221701f24d4d11f0bd62c61949a5cc08?width=900&height=506" alt="Domestic Church Lead With Faith.jpg" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> Christ on the Way to Cavalry, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) / Photo by Luisa Ricciarini / Bridgeman Images </div> </figcaption> </figure> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <p>I once asked a group of students if Christ would have as many followers as he does if he had not suffered. Their unanimous answer was no. Easy question. Then I asked them why that was. Why would suffering attract followers? It’s a harder question because most humans I know — me included — don’t find suffering attractive. It’s also an important question for Christians to ask because Christ tells us, “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me” (Mt 10:38). So why follow a leader who not only suffers, but also says that you must suffer if you are to be his follower?</p> <p>Despite these concerns, my students stuck to their guns. They said Christ’s message and leadership had to account for suffering because we live in a world of suffering. A leader who promises an easy path when the path is not easy will have little credibility. More importantly, suffering is the proof of love. “Love will make men dare to die for their beloved — love alone,” Plato writes in his Symposium. If leaders are willing to suffer for their mission and their people, their followers will do the same. 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