John Foley, SJ
Jesus has been gradually schooling the disciples about who he really is. Not just a great teacher, or good friend, or magnetic preacher, but the complete revelation of divine love.
Ron Rolheiser, OMI
A novelist creates an imaginary character, begins to write a story, and then discovers that this character doesn’t always want to follow what the author had in mind for her.
Eleonore Stump
Denying yourself seems the very opposite of going for happiness, and the cross is an instrument of torture. Why would God want these things for his people?
Anne Osdieck
How do you discern God’s will? Does certainty about the will of God come suddenly?