The two widows in today's readings are two unlikely champions of faith that offer one powerful message about walking by faith and love in the midst of their sorrow and grief.
He tells the Zebedee brothers and all his disciples that they should never seek the spotlight, they should never crave prestige and authority over others, and they should always act as servants and not masters.
Following Jesus has never been easy. Every day we must choose our treasures. Is our treasure having everything go our way or is our treasure that everything go according to God’s mysterious design?
The Catholic response is to keep the dying person as comfortable and pain-free as possible, and to accompany them with love and compassion all the way home to God.
Jesus was often misunderstood in the course of his public ministry, That’s why in our time it is so important to get the right answer to Jesus’ own question: “Who do you say I am?”
Today’s Scripture readings are all about choices – really big choices. Like the ancient Jews and the first Christians, we have a choice to make. The choice above all choices is always to follow Jesus Christ.
Every week, Christ invites us to bring our appetites, our hungers here to the table of his love. The Mass itself is a miracle that satisfies our human hungers, so that we can go forth and help alleviate the hungers of others.