The Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Following the Lord means nothing less than the cross (3):  offering ourselves with Jesus as a living sacrifice and not conforming ourselves to this world (2).  Following him will entail derision and scorn (1), yet the Lord is our help (Ps)

"Get behind me, Satan!  You are an obstacle to me.  You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do." Matthew 16:23