{"id":11807,"date":"2022-06-27T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T14:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=11807"},"modified":"2022-06-27T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T14:54:03","slug":"jesus-asks-for-radical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/give-us-this-day\/jesus-asks-for-radical\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Asks for Radical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman---no-indent--PLS\">How often do we, like the scribe in today\u2019s Gospel, say to the Lord in prayer: \u201cI will follow you wherever you go\u201d? We may have the best of intentions and mean it with all our heart. But our head\u2014with its logic and practicality and tendency toward fear\u2014wedges itself into the equation and offers a few minor (or major) suggestions and safety nets, just in case. So we hold on to things that ultimately keep us at a distance from God and make it impossible for us to fully follow Jesus where he wants to lead us. We choose reasonable when Jesus asks for radical. We opt for dipping a toe in the spiritual waters when the Gospel calls for total immersion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman---no-indent--PLS\">Jesus understands that the Way can be challenging, which is how we get to the apparent\u00a0<span class=\"_-italic\">non sequitur<\/span>: \u201cFoxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.\u201d We might read that line, wonder at its meaning and placement, and simply move on, but it has meaning for us today. If we say that we will follow Jesus wherever he leads, do we understand that it will not be easy, that we too may find ourselves with nowhere to rest our heads?<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-\u2014-roman\">We don\u2019t get salvation without sacrifice, without embracing the radical\u2014letting the safety nets drop away and trusting that God is the only security measure we need.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary DeTurris Poust, \u201cJesus Asks for Radical,\u201d from the June 2022 issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/tag\/give-us-this-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give Us This Day<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giveusthisday.org\/\">www.giveusthisday.org<\/a> (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021). Used with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often do we, like the scribe in today\u2019s Gospel, say to the Lord in prayer: \u201cI will follow you wherever you go\u201d? 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