Friar Dan Reflects on Matthew 4:19
We hear Jesus make an announcement at the beginning of Matthew’s Gospel. Immediately after he delivers his proclamation about God’s kingdom, Jesus calls his first four followers, assuring the four fishermen, “I will make you fishers of men” (1:17b).
The Pope of Patience
Is it possible to describe Pope Francis in a single word? I will try to suggest one: the pope of patience. Young people, he recognizes, rightly feel the need to change the world. But, very quickly, as they grow up, they discover that this objective is unattainable if they are in a hurry. It can only be done with patience. This is something that parents know well when they understand that, beyond giving a model of life to their children, they must just learn to wait until the child makes his or her own life and, if need be, his or her own mistakes.