Thoughts on the Gospel

I have been thinking about the Gospel for this week. It focuses on the cross with Jesus reminding the disciples about the great cost of discipleship. "For those who want to save their life will lose it," Jesus tells them, "and those who lose their life for my sake will find it." That is a paradox, not only about the faith, but all of life. It is not through guarding ourselves, protecting ourselves, that we really live. Life flowers and is rewarding when we open ourselves up to others, when we enter relationships with others. And that is risky.

So what does it mean in our lives? What choices do we make?