DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Carrying the crosses with Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed, “Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be My disciple.” Ponder on, “Jesus is not asking us to embrace ‘crosses’ and challenges that are beyond us. He will always give us the graces, strength and wisdom to follow Him with fidelity. Are we willing to do so?”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 14:25-30, 33
Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple.
‘And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, anyone who saw it would start making fun of him and saying, “Here is someone who started to build and was unable to finish.”
‘So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple without giving up all that he owns.’