Although we celebrate the feast of St. Martin de Porres today, we are back in the Gospel of Luke.  And today, Jesus is challenging the large crowd following Him that to live a life of discipleship is not an easy task.  It's not for large crowds or the faint of heart.  It takes strength to put at the center that which needs to be at the center.  And all this other stuff?  We don't need it.  Renounce it.  All we need to do is be who God made us to be - and at the very center of that is God.

Thanks to Karen Hennings for being a guest on the podcast today!