Today's first reading about the "many sufferings we must undergo" to enter the Kingdom of Heaven reminded me of what I read in the Jesuit history book I've been reading at night. One of the early Jesuits remarked that the more evident the difficulties, challenges and poverty of their life, the more people of that time wanted to participate in it. They were drawn to something that was bigger than themselves. Today's homily at St. Peter's Church was roughly on the same lines: the more we accommodate ourselves, doing the minimum in our religious practice, the less meaningful it all is. We become less and less motivated.
So maybe we need to advertise the cross?
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