In this Commentary Clip Exclusive, Tony discusses the difficult words Jesus speaks to us this weekend concerning the cost of being His disciple. As he explains, by describing the life of Christian discipleship in terms of the Way of the Cross, Jesus reveals to us that to follow Him requires that we love as He loves and nothing less.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Wisdom 9:13-18b
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17
Reading 2: Philemon 9-10, 12-17
Gospel: Luke 14:25-33
Endnotes:
See, e.g., 2 Corinthians 11:23-25.
Acts of the Apostles 16:23-30 (imprisoned at Philippi); 21:27-23:30 (imprisoned in Jerusalem); 23:34-24:26 (imprisoned in Caesarea Maritima); 28:16-31 (imprisoned in Rome awaiting trial).
Dennis Hamm, SJ, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon in Catholic Commentary on Scripture Series, 16-18, 27.
Philemon 1-3
See, e.g., Romans 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Galatians 1:10.
See, e.g., Romans 8:14-17 and Galatians 4:1-7.
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.