not all of you are clean
Jesus said to his disciples, “Not all of you are clean.” (Jn 13:11b). Jesus says the same thing to us. And this Lent, we have a special opportunity to look into our lives and confront within ourselves what is not clean. This is not just obvious sin, but what is often less obvious, what we […]
following Jesus at a distance
We are disciples of Jesus and we follow him. But how closely? When Jesus was arrested, “Peter was following him at a distance” (Mt 26:58a). How many so-called disciples follow Jesus but at a distance? At a safe distance. Trying to go where Jesus is going, but not quite that close. Not close enough so […]