Do You Admire or Follow Jesus? | Season of Joy

05/02/23 • 6 min

Today’s Season of Joy reflection on John 10:22-30 is by Fr. Radmar Jao, SJ.
Fr. Radmar is the Vocation Director for the Jesuits West Province, based in Los Angeles, CA. Before joining the Jesuits in 2001, Radmar was a professional film, TV, and stage actor. He's also a spiritual director, retreat leader, and travels to give presentations on Ignatian Spirituality and discernment.
from John 10:22-30
The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem.
It was winter.
And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,
"How long are you going to keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Jesus answered them, "I told you and you do not believe.
The works I do in my Father's name testify to me.
But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.
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Today's Season of Joy reflection on Acts 11:1-18 is by Mark Huddy.

Mark serves the Catholic Diocese of Columbus as Director of Catholic Charities and Social Concerns and is a member of the senior executive team. Mark and his wife Beth have four children and four grandchildren. They are members of St. Matthew the Apostle parish in Gahanna, Ohio.
from Acts 11:1-18

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them
as it had upon us at the beginning,
and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said,
‘John baptized with water
but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us
when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was I to be able to hinder God?”

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Today's Season of Joy Reflection on 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 is by Fr. Bob Sherry.
Father Bob, a Rockford Diocese Priest, serving for 57 years, asks God to tell him whose feet he should wash these days. In retirement he leads pilgrimages for Dynamic Catholic, raises funds for the poor with Cross Catholic Outreach and helps in parishes and Cursillo retreats.
from 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,
of the Gospel I preached to you,
which you indeed received and in which you also stand.
Through it you are also being saved,
if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,
unless you believed in vain.
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he was buried;
that he was raised on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures;
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Heart to Heart: Faith Seasons Podcast - Do You Admire or Follow Jesus? | Season of Joy

Transcript

Are you an admirer or a follower of Jesus?

An admirer is someone who enjoys the idea of Christianity and what Jesus stands for, but keeps themselves personally detached from Jesus' command, “to go and do likewise,” after he washed the disciples’ feet.

Another way of looking at the distinction, is that, an admirer is someone who looks up at the cross and resurrection and says, ‘Wow, what an amazing thing Jesus has done for us. Look, He died and rose from the dead for our sin