9/4/2022 (Sunday) Today’s Gospel Reading: Luke 14:25-33
25 Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them,
26 “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
28 Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion?
29 Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him
30 and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
31 Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
32 But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
33 In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”
9/4/2022 (Sunday) Today’s Gospel Reflection: Luke 14:25-33
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I still don’t see any relationship between God’s demand and the two examples of a man building his house and a King who is going to war ?
It is indeed quite difficult to understand many of Jesus’ words. On the surface, the relationship is in cost accounting. Before building a structure or going to war, one must first check his resources. In the same manner, before entering into a deeper relationship with God, one must search his heart and mind and see whether there is a space for this relationship to prosper. It means spending time and even material resources for the sake of this relationship to deepen. Faith is a gift but it must be accepted and nurtured.
In other words, to follow Jesus is a serious matter. Like the one building a house or the king going to war, we need to be serious and give enough attention to what it takes to our endeavor of going into a relationship with Him.
Thank you, now I can understand His ideas, His comparation. I think the Priest should be clear and tell his people these explanation, it will help make sense out of the Bible words.