Jesus demands detachment if we are to be His disciples. Detachment from what though? Everything that is not God!

That may sound extreme, but Jesus makes clear the importance of proper detachment: "anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disc...

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This Week The Gospel for today challenges each of us to “calculate the cost” of following Jesus. Why are we Catholics? Is it merely a matter of culture and upbringing, or have we made an intentional decision to be His disciples? Jesus reminds us that o...

We hear in the Book of Sirach, "My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God" (3:17-18). Humility - putting God first and seeing things as...

Live the Gospel this Week

What does it mean to be truly humble? The Readings today approach this virtue from two directions. First, we are called to lower ourselves, to acknowledge that we were made from the clay of the ground and held in existence at every moment by a...