Once again, we have lessons that are intended to help us understand how to be a disciple of Jesus -- what it means to follow Jesus. To put this in context, it's good to remember from the last couple ...

Sunday, July 2, is the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Psalm 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42. In today’s Gospel, the Lord gives four ...

I think we can gather from our listening to the Scriptures this morning that the message today is about being a disciple of Jesus -- our call to follow him -- and maybe some of us are somewhat like ...

We learn in Mark 1, as Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send ...

"Then He said to them all, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me’" (Luke 9:23). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one of the ...

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion is rich in symbolism, liturgical pageantry and an extra Gospel passage at the beginning of mass. This year the Sunday liturgies draw from cycle C readings, which ...

Jesus warned his disciples that following him would cost them. Every year at the end of December, people begin to consider the exciting possibilities for themselves in the new year ahead. Whether ...

In the short term, it is easy to fake being a follower of Christ. Discipleship requires action and conversion, the engagement of both hands and heart. Christ’s disciples do not earn God’s love by ...

“24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life [a] will lose it, but whoever ...

Jesus's twelve companions were instrumental in spreading his teachings and the Christian religion after his death. Nobody knows for sure just how long Jesus' ministry, teaching and travelling ...