Sound Bites

Young people make the mistake of rebelling against the Gospel because they reject the way it is applied by their parents. Parents make the mistake of treating the Gospel as a social order, mandating the nuclear family, a house and cars, steady job and retirement, and good social standing. Jesus achieved none of these things; is he then a failure?

Jesus asked his disciples, "Have you understood all these things?" It is like a scene in "The Magnificent Seven" where Yul Brynner says to his friend, anxious for treasure, "Don't understand me so fast." The quicker we say we understand, the less likely it is that we do.