In this week's edition of There's More in the Gospel than Meets the Eye, Jill
Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Thirteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time. Listen: GospelLk
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When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely
determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On
the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there, but
they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, “Lord, do you want us
to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” Jesus turned and rebuked them,
and they journeyed to another village.
As they were proceeding on their journey
someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes
have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest
his head.”
And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord,
let me go first and bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their
dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” And another said, “I will
follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.” To him
Jesus said, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind
is fit for the kingdom of God.”