There is a cost to discipleship; to following Christ. We cannot have a Christ without a Cross. Our ultimate fidelity belongs to God and NOT earthly powers. This brings opposition, sometimes suffering and death. St Thomas Becket obeyed God's will rather than King Henry II. BECKET paid the ultimate earthly price but gained the ETERNAL TREASURE-- Eternal life with God. The world is opposed to God's rule. Each day we must decide: obey God or men!
