Come with Me

Jesus, therefore, raising the banner on high, engraves upon it the absolute conditions, begins the march and says: “This is the moment of choice. I am going to draw the divi ding line here. Those who accept the conditions cross the line and go forward. But there is still time to turn back.”

“Those who want to free your tired legs from heavy chains, come with me. Those who are ready to raise a wall of containment against the waves of desires, instincts, and forces of death, come with me. Those who commit themselves lovingly to raise up and carry on their shoulders the heavy daily laws of power lessness, incomprehension, solitude and death without shame or sadness, come with me.

Those who are ready to offer their life like the white lamb, come with me.

Those who want to continue nourishing their self-pity and affect delicacy, go back.

You already know the story of the grain of wheat: it has to die and be buried in order to live. Those who are looking for a glorious and triumphant Messiah, stay behind. Those who opt for a poor, humble and crucified Messiah, come with me.”

Extracted from the book “The Poor One of Nazaret” by Father Ignacio Larrañaga