Daily Reflections with Fr. John

Jesus calls every one of us to become His disciple.

There is an enormous difference between being a Catholic and being a disciple.

Saint Bartholomew reminds us that discipleship begins when we allow ourselves to be known by Christ.

Relationships grow because we spend time together. We talk. We listen. We share what is going on in our lives. We begin to know what matters to the other person, what brings them joy, what hurts them. And over time, that relationship begins to shape us.

Mary our queen who humbled herself and said yes to God.

How do we bring people closer to Christ?

In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of a king who prepares a wedding feast. Everything is ready, the invitations have gone out, and yet many of those invited simply do not come.

We often say that we want God to be generous but sometimes we mean generous to us. When God is generous to someone whom we believe has done less, arrived later, or deserves less, we can begin to complain.

Every believer eventually reaches a moment when inherited faith must become a personal choice.

The problem is not simply that the young man possesses many things. The deeper problem is that his possessions possess him.

“Send her away.”