Come, Follow Me

Key Passage
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." (Matthew 16:24)
Questions
Adults: In what concrete ways do you take up your cross and follow Jesus?
Children: When has it been difficult to be a follower of Jesus?

Readings

First Reading • Jeremiah's Interior Crisis
Jeremiah 20:7-9 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Psalm
Psalms 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Second Reading • Sacrifice of Body and Mind
Romans 12:1-2 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Gospel • First Prophecy of Passion and Resurrection; Doctrine of the Cross
Matthew 16:21-27 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
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