John Foley, SJ
Why is Jesus saying such mystifying things to his followers, and, just as a side issue, how are we ourselves supposed to understand them today?
Ron Rolheiser
It appears that there are places to go outside of explicit faith where one can find deep meaning. But is this really so? Don’t we believe that true meaning can only be found in God?
Eleonore Stump
Someone I knew lived his whole adult life as a violent alcoholic; he beat his children and his wife unmercifully. Does anyone feel like telling his wife that she needs to be subordinate to him?
Gerald Darring
Jesus challenged his followers to believe in the one, true God: “Does it shake your faith?” he asked them. Peter responds for the others, saying that they will not forsake Jesus, who has the words of eternal life.
Anne Osdieck
Jesus asks, “Do you also want to leave?” If you were there at the time would you be one of the many disciples who returned to his/her former way of life or one that stayed with Jesus?
here a vision may be given
here a dance may be learned—
one must then leave the mountain