Gospel: Luke 9: 57-62
So many people claim they want to follow Jesus. Everything is great until some inconvenience arises, or something uncomfortable takes place that leads us to look for an excuse, something we think is more important than following the Lord. On the face of things it might be hard to imagine such a thing, but upon closer inspection we find that it is quite common for us to devise a reason or two for backing out of the journey with the Lord.
Do I really have to love my enemies? Yes, yes you do. Do I really have to personally engage with the sick, the poor, the possessed, the hungry in order to help them? Yep. But that person is illegal or unworthy of my help! No, no they are not. They are all God's people deserving of love and care. But they're unclean, not of our company, and ought not be in our presence! And so were you when I came among you and invited you to table.
We find so many different ways to avoid walking with the Lord. Very often we pretend that we actually are walking with the Lord and justify these attitudes we have toward others. We somehow manage to do the exact opposite of what Jesus calls us to do and what he himself did, and somehow we find a way to call that discipleship or Christianity. Today is a day for us to reflect on whether we are actually following the Lord and imitating his example, or whether we are about something else entirely.
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