This set of instructions for the disciples and their families comes late I Matthews Gospel and it’s a puzzle why, after all their time with Jesus, they still don’t get what he’s really saying and actually inviting to be and become. But then they are like us - pretty slow on the uptake especially when it might mean change for them, a loss of their own significance and an impediment to their self-aggrandizement.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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