The 13th Sunday of the Year
2 Kgs 4:8-11; Rom 6:3-4 & 8-11; Mt 10:37-42 (Year A)
‘Anyone who prefers father and mother to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me.” We cannot fail to be challenged, perhaps even shocked, by these words of Jesus. They are taken from the conclusion of a long address describing the mission of the 12 Apostles. Harsh though they appear, they bring us back to the inescapable truth that Christian discipleship can never be about self.
