Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. Lk 6:12-16
The 12 Apostles were called by God through prayer. Twelve ordinary men called by God to do extraordinary things. They became the backbone of the Catholic Church and Jesus asked them to convert the whole world including the most dominant empire anyone had ever seen in the Romans to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Nobody could have predicted that by the 3rd century the Roman Empire would be converted to Christianity and Christianity would be the official religion of the empire. The Apostles were far from perfect. Judas betrays Jesus. Peter denies Jesus 3 times. All of them except John hide during the Passion and Death of Jesus.
How did these men gather up the courage to preach repentance and baptize 3 continents after Jesus died? Jesus visits them after the resurrection and breathes the Holy Spirit on them at Pentecost. After hiding, they go on to several different regions around the Mediterranean Sea, preaching repentance and baptism, performing miracles, healing the sick, and most importantly imitating Jesus Christ. They did this in such a profound way that they each died a martyr’s death except John who died naturally after he could not be killed in boiling oil, he was a white martyr. The following is how each Apostle died with the best information we have, http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/whatever-happened-to-the-twelve-apostles-11629558.html
PETER and PAUL were both martyred in Rome about 66 AD, during the persecution under Emperor Nero. Paul was beheaded. Peter was crucified, upside down at his request, since he did not feel he was worthy to die in the same manner as his Lord.
ANDREW went to the “land of the man-eaters,” in what is now the Soviet Union. Christians there claim him as the first to bring the gospel to their land. He also preached in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, and in Greece, where he is said to have been crucified.
“Doubting” THOMAS was probably most active in the area east of Syria. Tradition has him preaching as far east as India, where the ancient Marthoma Christians revere him as their founder. They claim that he died there when pierced through with the spears of four soldiers.
PHILIP possibly had a powerful ministry in Carthage in North Africa and then in Asia Minor, where he converted the wife of a Roman proconsul. In retaliation the proconsul had Philip arrested and cruelly put to death.
MATTHEW the tax collector and writer of a Gospel, ministered in Persia and Ethiopia. Some of the oldest reports say he was not martyred, while others say he was stabbed to death in Ethiopia.
BARTHOLOMEW had widespread missionary travels attributed to him by tradition: to India with Thomas, back to Armenia, and also to Ethiopia and Southern Arabia. There are various accounts of how he met his death as a martyr for the gospel.
JAMES the son of Alpheus, is one of at least three James referred to in the New Testament. There is some confusion as to which is which, but this James is reckoned to have ministered in Syria. The Jewish historian Josephus reported that he was stoned and then clubbed to death.
SIMON THE ZEALOT, so the story goes, ministered in Persia and was killed after refusing to sacrifice to the sun god.
MATTHIAS was the apostle chosen to replace Judas. Tradition sends him to Syria with Andrew and to death by burning.
JOHN is the only one of the company generally thought to have died a natural death from old age. He was the leader of the church in the Ephesus area and is said to have taken care of Mary the mother of Jesus in his home. During Domitian’s persecution in the middle 90’s, he was exiled to the island of Patmos. There he is credited with writing the last book of the New Testament–the Revelation. An early Latin tradition has him escaping unhurt after being cast into boiling oil at Rome.
Today, Christians are being persecuted throughout the world. What is it that these Christians have that make them so willing to die for Christ? It amazes me! Could I die for Jesus right now if I was being persecuted leaving my family and kids? A personal relationship with Jesus Christ in prayer at the foot of the cross each day is the beginning of the most radical and amazing journey you will ever begin. Learning about Jesus in the Scriptures to nurture this relationship is a must in increasing your faith. Realizing His love and sacrifice for you is overwhelming. Learning the details of the Passion of Christ is truly extraordinary. Receiving Jesus in the sacraments and spending time with Him in adoration continue to nurture this relationship. Finally, a person decides to totally and completely consecrate oneself to Christ through Mary and Joseph, die to self, put on Christ, and carry their daily crosses as a disciple of Christ. This requires great persecution and one is ready for the greatest of battles, even death. Christ conquered sin and death. Leaving this world is not scary or terrible, it leads to a life without pain and suffering, complete joy, fulfillment, and peace with the One you spent so much time with here on earth trying to imitate.
Today’s challenge: Be who God called you to be and do not be afraid. Deepen your relationship with Jesus in prayer, Scripture, and the sacraments.
Be a servant, become a saint!
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It’s about how if you would die for Christ because of what he has done for you. He is trying to get everyone to recognize what the problem is and have them fix it so they can get to Heaven.
I think this is asking us if we would do anything for Jesus. If you would do anything to protect your family or your friends, would you do that to protect Jesus’s name the way he did with us? He died on a cross for us, but we still sin. We need to stop the temptations to become closer to God, and to get everyone to Heaven.
I think that at this point knowing God as much as i do, i would die for him. Seeing him suffer for us is sad and everything he has done for us i would do the same for him.
I think it means we need to pray when ever we get the chance and be ready to give our lives for Him. We should also appreciate what He has given to us.
I would say that I am willing to die for Christ but if it is in the moment I wold not want to die for him because I would be scared of death. Even if i would die for Christ I don’t think I would. We can grow closer to God by going to mass and participating in mass. We also need to go to confession to get rid of our mortal sins because those sins make up avoid Heaven. If we can get rid of those sins then we can start to open up to God more because we are not focused on the sins we are making.
As a Catholic we need to give our lives to God just like the 12 Apostles. Were just ordinary people then changed to be strong believers in Jesus. God called the disciples to follow Him and spread the Gospel just like we should. We can do that just by acting like a Catholic or a good person, or to actually preach about Jesus and what He did for everyone on the Earth.
I feel like I would give up my life for Jesus, but I know when i’m right there and my life is on the line for Jesus I would be scared and seriously think about what to do. I also know if I die for Jesus I will be with Him in Heaven. I don’t think it would be a quick yes you can kill me for Jesus but in the end I do think that I would be ready to give up my life for Jesus.
I would be willing to give up my life to uphold the Truth that Jesus reavealed in His time on this Earth. Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life. There is nothing more important, or more Truthful, than The Kingdom of God!
I would be willing to give up my life today for the truths Jesus revealed.
Death kinda scares me. I just think its sad that one day it will all be over. Everyone was put on this earth to love God, spread his word and live his ways. The apostles were willing to die for their faith they would do anything for it. We should look to them as our role models.
You have to trust in God and be willing to do anything, even Die. When you are willing to die for God there is a sense of peace and serenity. If you die for God he will be with you because you choosing him over earthly things.
I would like to think so. I think a person can resist things and give up things but I don’t know what I will do until it faces me. I think when you know that you will you will be prepared for it.
The gospel today tells us a little bit about his chosen apostles. Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot. In the Gospel, the last thing it says is that Judas was a traitor. He has been known for centuries as a traitor. Millions of people only know him as the traitor. When you die, what do you want to be known as? The traitor? The gossip? The kind? The helpful? The weekly question is “would you be willing to give up your life and uphold the truths Jesus taught to us?” I say that I am willing, but you never know what you will do in the time of distress. Whether you stick with your faith or fall to the crowd. The Judas or the Peter. I hope that I can and will be strong enough in my faith to stand up for Jesus Christ.
I think it would take so time to do and process but I think I would. It would take me so much time to actually do it but I think I could do it if I needed to. Jesus died for us and we need to do the same if we needed to. If we had to, we should all give up our lives for the sake of Jesus and for all of our sins. If God had it in plan for me, then I would.
This is cool, seeing how Jesus called a bunch of ordinary men to be his apostles, and how they would eventually be willing to do anything for their beliefs. Do I have that same willingness? I don’t know, but I hope that maybe I can one day achieve that kind of zeal for Christ.
I honestly don’t think I would die for the faith. I’m not strong enough. I need to fix that. I would probably denounce Jesus, feel really bad about it, go to confession, and pray a whole lot more. I need to be able to die though. I need to face the fact that it’s going to happen anyways, and if I can die now for a good cause, why not? I can die. In fact I’m supposed to die. How are we going to get to the fulfillment of our human lives, heaven, without dying?
i think i wouldn’t, truthfully and im disgraced about this but i wouldn’t im to scard to die and i dont want to put my parents through what Mary had to go thru
Why are we scared of death? Jesus has conquered sin and death through His death and Resurrection. This isn’t a fairy tale. This is reality. A love story. Oh death, where is your sting, for Christ has risen! His is alive, even if we are to blind to see! What shall we fear with God with us?
Personally, I don’t want to die in vain, so if I had the chance to give up my life to uphold the Truths of Jesus, I would take it right away. Jesus did everything for me, and I want to try my best to give it back, even if its not much.
If we are unprepared and uncertain we have to pray. Jesus prayed the night before he made a decision. If we need help or guidance we can always turn to God. If we prayed we create a connection with God and he can help us. If you aren’t ready to die turn to god and pray. If we are ready to die turn to God and pray for mercy. Being ready for anything is hard and you must turn to god and ask for help.
If people wanted to kill me for my faith I would die for Jesus Christ. I trust that Jesus will help me get to heaven and that I’ll be in peace with him. I believe in him so much that I know that no matter what I’ve done in my life he still loves me.
I would be willing to give up my life because Jesus is more important then anything in the world right now and we would be able to go and learn a lot about him and be able to go and learn more about our faith with Jesus
I don’t think I’m ready to die yet. I don’t want to leave my friends, my siblings and my parents. It would be hard to leave my family to let them know that I’m never coming back.
I should be like the apostles and serve the Lord. Everyone is called to be a disciple. Jesus is our Lord! Giving up your life will be hard. I really don’t know if I would or not. Everyone dies at some point. Why not die for Jesus Christ. Many of the apostles died for their faith. I admire that about them.
We should not be afraid of death and we should stay close to God so we can get to heaven
I would be willing to give up my life so that I can go and learn more about Jesus and learn more about our faith.
I don’t know if I would be able to give up my life, I would feel bad if it brought about stress, anxiety, and other things for my loved ones.
NO. I don’t want to die. That’s because I like the sprints and I like the challenges. So no. I don’t want to die.
I want to be able to give up my life for Jesus but I feel like I would probably end up giving up. But I hope one day when I really get to know him I hope I will be able to give my life for him.
We are being asked to accept the faith. Can I die for the faith? Am I truly praying? These questions are what we need to ask our selves. And answer them and pray harder if were not ready yet. God is always asking us to come and pray with him but we hardly ever answer his calling. So today we need to stay focused and pray.
This tells us that we can be chosen by God too. when God is calling us and we need to follow him. I think that everyone is scared to die because we don´t want to disappointment God. But in the end God will always love us.
I don’t honestly know how these Christians are dying for their faith. I would be so scared, but s Christians we are called to choose God everyday. He wants us to come in heaven with us. God is with us always.
Jesus died for our sins. We should not be afraid to do anything for him, he knows best.
i think that i probably wouldn’t die for my beliefs because i feel that i need to get him more and more to acutely die for who Jesus because Jesus was the one who did have courage to stand up and say hey i’m christian and there nothing you can do about it and i feel like i just need to get to know more about Jesus before i can actually not be afraid die for what my beliefs are .
I don’t think that I’m fully ready to die for my faith, like some other people on the comments said – “I don’t want my parents to go through the same thing Mary did” That is the main reason why I wouldn’t be fully committed to die, but I need to know that life in heaven is going to be filled with unimaginable joy, and life doesn’t last that long so I would see the people I love soon. And even though death might hurt, compared to the everlasting life, its just a fraction of time.
No, I don’t really think I’m willing to, I don’t even have an explanation for my answer. I just don’t think I would be ready
God did it fore me why cant i do it fore him and my family and everyone else. i would sacrifice my self fore GOD.
Yes I would give up my life for the uphold of Jesus
In reality, we are so scared of death that we sometimes we don’t really always understand that God put us all on Earth to love Him and spread His Word.
If I was put on the spot to die I would most definitely hesitate. I should know that Jesus knows what’s best for me.
I would die for Jesus because he already promised us eternal life in heaven with Him. There is nothing else in this life that matters more than Jesus. Jesus died for me, so I would die for Him.
if i was told that i had to die for jesus christ i would probably die for him if his truths were revealed to me i would probably be nervous not to die but to go through some sort of physical pain for him i would still do it.
I’m not afraid of death because I know what will happen after death, granted I live my life in accordance with Christs teachings.I would die for Jesus because He died for me. I would die to protect him(protect the eucharist) or to defend the Catholic Church. I understand the repercussions it would have on my family, but I would have died for some one I know exists, and I know cares for me.
I am not sure if I would give up my life. I am scared to dye. I don’t know Jesus to the fullest and to dye for him is a lot for me a 12 year old who doesn’t know him as much as I like to. I am scared of death and just thinking of it makes the hairs on my neck stand up. Maybe when I get to know the faith to the fullest I would be willing to give up my life to uphold the Truth of Jesus, but I am unsure now.
I would die for the truth. I would die for Jesus. He died for us, and dying for him is showing that true trust in him. It’s to where your relationship is stronger than ever and you can feel the holy spirit coming through you just as the aposels did. That’s the moment where you are truely holy.
No, because I don’t want my mom go through the same thing Mary went through and I’m scared to die because I would leave all my loved ones. Also I don’t want to go away from my sister because I look up to her most of the time and I am always there for her even when she doesn’t know it and I love her with all my heart no matter if we fight she is my sister and I love her. I am just way to scared to die even though I want to see all of my pets that have past and all my family members that have past.
Jesus died for us without even thinking maybe. He did it without any questions or being stubborn. We have to be ready to any for Jesus, because he did anything for us. I can’t even full wrap my head around actually being dead and ending my life, but I think I would be ready to die and to go to Heaven to see God.
I think I Would be ready because Jesus has conquered death but even so I would still be scared to die.
Honestly I find death to be scary because I know I’m going to miss the physical even though the spiritual is way better. It’s just scary knowing one day it’ll all be gone. I will be gone, you will be gone. Or will we? we won’t necessarily be gone because we still have the spiritual world that is 100% going to be better than here. The earth is full of bad people and bad things.
I think that just from knowing and following Jesus for basically my whole life, I would do anything for him. We need to appreciate what Jesus did for us because He gave His life for us, so we should be willing to make sacrifices for Him.
I would give up my life to uphold the truths Jesus revealed to us. I am not afraid of death, but see it as an opportunity to spend eternal life in heaven. Jesus died so I can get to heaven and I would die to make sure even more people hear the saving words of Christ, causing them to believe and also go to heaven.
I would die for my faith today. Jesus has touched me through the scriptures the way no other thing can. He is the reason for my salvation. He is the reason for my joy. It’s Jesus. There is nothing that could compare to what Jesus has told my heart. There is nothing anyone could do to rival what Jesus did for me. Being with Him is more important than living a life. Being with Him is more important than anything else. Jesus is the only one who can do that. This is why I’d die for the Truths my teachers, parents, and Jesus taught me.
Would you be willing to stand up for Jesus and say take me instead? Would you be willing to say that you deserve it. For some people it can be a hard to answer that question. But Jesus didn’t deserve it, we do because of how much we sin. He did nothing but still died for us. So when you are in pain what i do is keep going and I try my hardest push through, because Jesus went though pain but he kept going because he knew it was for US.
We need to be ready to help be the stepping stones for Christ if we need to. Even if it means that we die, we need to do it. It will be something that is greater than we will ever be and it will help everybody out.
This reading is telling me that things happen for a reason and that we will all die someday. Yes, it is sad to think about but God just like in the book of Jeremiah verse 29 chapter 11 it says,
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” So yes things do happen for a reason if that is to make you a better person or to get over a bad habit it happens for a reason.
Yes because Jesus is a big part of our life. I have always been trying to stay with Jesus no matter how bad I do something or how bad I am to people he still loves us and I try to stay with Him and follow him.
Jesus is always thinking about us to get us to eterniy with him. He is showing his love for us through prayer in today’s Gospel. Jesus laid down his life for us, he is always talking to us in prayer and he is always there for us. Jesus loves us we just need to realize it.
I would probably not be willing to give up my life like Jesus. I am scared of death, if there were people who needed me to die for them, I would probably not do it. I’m scared. I do not believe that I would be willing to die for my faith. I do truely believe in Jesus, yet even though he gave his life for me, even though he gave his life away so he could nail our sins on the cross, i still would hesitate greatly if i were asked to give my life up in the name of Jesus.
It is kind of a hard question because death is a big thing that will change your life forever. I would probably die for my faith if I were to die with someone also. So I would say yes as long as I go through it with someone. I don’t really want to die right now though because there is a lot of things in life that I still want to experience.
This scripture told me that Jesus chooses us to be with him. Jesus chose these 12 random people to be the starters of the church. We might not know why but he did it for his reason. Jesus calls out to us but we just need to respond, to respond you need to listen first, to listen is to talk with him more.
I am not really afraid of death, pain scares me, but not death, I believe that Heave is waiting for us, and even if all of this faith is false, if Jesus never existed, death will be rest. I think that I am willing to lay my life down for Christ, I have grown close enough to him that I don’t think I could bring myself to deny him, he is God, he is the one who has talked with me and sat with me through every joy and hardship, I couldn’t deny him, even in the face of death.
Would I be willing to give up my life for my faith. Yes. Yes I would. Because, Jesus died for us, out of love. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Jesus did that. And I believe in him. If I were to die, right now for my faith, I could die happy, knowing that. I would, without hesitation die for Jesus, family, friends, teachers, because I know that Jesus did for me. He went through more suffering than I could ever, so the least I can do is go the distance for Him. And if I can’t? Then that will be something I will strive to do.
Today Jesus calls his twelve apostles. Jesus didn’t call professional people, or high up people. He just called ordinary men. I think that one thing Jesus is saying is, you don’t have to follow the lives of the saints exactly. You don’t have to do something extreme. He called just ordinary men to follow him, just like he is calling us. The twelve apostles were told by God to spread the word in different places. I can apply this to my life by knowing that by doing little things, I am doing my task.
If I had the choice to either die for my faith, or not, I don’t know. At this moment, I would say yes, but when it actually comes to the moment, I really don’t know what I would do. This is a really tough question that I think would come to how my faith is coming. I think that I would need to develop my faith more, in order to sincerely know if I would or not .
death is as much as a part of life and living it self is. Without death life is meaningless. Dying allows us to leave the broken world, where stuff like pain, tiredness, and sadness exist. If I die believing that Jesus took the punishment of my sin and if I do my daily tasks, I will go to heaven. The world we live in is nothing compared to heaven.
There is no reason for someone to be scared of death. Why be scared? There is nothing to be afraid of. We all die at a time.
I am not scared to die, because if it’s supposed to happen I can’t stop it and I have tried to live my life as well as I can up to this point. I’m more scared of being in pain when I die than the actual death itself, but even if it is painful before I die it’s only going to happen for a little amount of time compared to eternity. I think that I would be able to die for Jesus today because I’m not really scared of death and I believe that all the things Jesus taught us is true. And if I died for my faith then it could help other people stay strong in their faith and that would be worth it, because then I could do something to help someone else at the very end of my life.
Yes, losing my life right now it would be bad because I’m just starting to grow my relationship with Jesus Christ. Especially if it is a tortured death, that would be excruciating. I would give my life up just like he did for me and its scary but when you truly know that you believe there is anything that you would do.
I am and am not afraid of death. I know that I’ll be in the hands of God once I die, so why should I fear? Why should WE fear if we know that we are going somewhere we’d never see in our entire lives? I would die for my faith. I’ll take the suffering until I die because Jesus suffered for so long and still is with our sins. “Love one another as I have loved you.” I’ll take Jesus’s path to show how much love I really have. Would you do the same?
Would you be willing to stand up for Jesus and say take me instead? You’re probably thinking “No why would I tell someone to kill me instead of someone else, that’s stupid.” Well no it’s not stupid. We deserve death. And even if we don’t want to admit it, we deserve every bad thing. Jesus Christ doesn’t deserve it, but we most certainly do. Jesus has done everything in His power to make sure He gets punished for our sins and not us, the sinners. Jesus did nothing wrong, in fact He did everything right. No one else does what Jesus did for us. We need to stand up for what’s right and say “No it’s okay, I deserve this. Jesus you don’t have to take my punishment, and my sins anymore. I did this to myself. Take me not Him. I’m the sinner not Him. I did wrong not Him.” Now that takes a lot of courage, I’m not saying it doesn’t, but we need to do it if we want to live an eternal life in Heaven with Jesus Christ.
As Catholics we should give up our life for Jesus but I think that it would take some process to think about it. Jesus does everything for us and I think that we should be willing to give up our life for him but I am not really ready to give up my life quite yet. I feel like I need to spend some more time in prayer with Jesus and I need to work on talking to him more.
You have to put your trust in God, let him lead you. Let Him love you the way he loves many others, even when you’re life isn’t going the way that you wish, trust in God that it will soon be better, and that this is just a lesson to learn from and get through.
Death is something that is inevitable. You can never trade death, you can never stop it, and you can never run from it. Death is a part of life as so is the beginning of life. We can never escape death because it is a pathway to the Lord. If you have lived a life with Jesus in your life it is a step closer to heaven. I would give up my life to finally meet the Lord, that’s why I strive to do my best following in the footsteps of Christ.
Death is something inevitable. You can’t bargain with it, you can’t run from it, you can’t hide from it. It is part of the cycle of life just like being born is. Death is a pathway to heaven but not all the way. We shouldn’t be afraid of it. I will give up my life to finally meet Jesus in Heaven.
Jesus is a very wise and smart man being the son of God. And for him being wise and smart, he picked 12 men out of a crowd of 1,000, to be his followers. They could betray him at any moment and be rewarded. But they 11 of them didn’t and believed in him and followed him, that shows God’s power and him trusting 12 men he picked randomly from a crowd. He trusts us with his life so we should trust him with ours.
I think that if I died for my faith I think it would not help very well because my faith is not strong enough and I need to make it stronger through prayer, going to mass, and doing good things like spreading the faith and trying to get people to turn to Christ and focus on him and become a catholic.
I would be willing to die for Jesus because he died for me and every single person who has lived and haven’t been born yet. I have to put my trust in our lord because he was willing to send his one and only son Jesus Christ to die for us.
Today, would you be willing to give up your life to uphold the Truths Jesus revealed and imitate what he did for you? No but Yes at the same time. I think no because well I don’t know if I really believe in Jesus yet and this is the same reason why I personally think that I shouldn’t of been confirmed yet and I feel like I need more info about Jesus before I start fully believing and I mean I believe right now kinda just not enough to die for him yet, you know? Because I know other people feel the same way about this.
I totally understand and I respect your honesty. To believe in something is a huge deal.
There isn’t a reason to be scared of death, yeah the thought might be scary but we are all going to die at some point, we have nothing to worry about though because most of us will be with Jesus.
I think that I my self would struggle with weather or not to die. It would be easy to say that I would 100 percent die for him but in actuality I think that it would be challenging to actually go thorough with it. But that also causes me to want to pray with Jesus and get to know Him more so that if the time comes that I would have to choose, I would be more ready to say yes.
Death is scary. Especially scary for us when we see people taken from us at way to early stages or years in their life. I have a friend that lost someone very dear to them. But it wasn’t because of faith. Though I think that if He had asked us to die for my faith, I think I would. We have the Apostles and they would do anything for Jesus and their faith. So why shouldn’t I? We need to look at them and remember what they did. So that we may also one day do the same.
Yes because he did it for the whole wold and not just one or two people but for all humans in the world. I would die for him because he died for me and my friends so why wouldn’t I do the same for him. I would always be willing to give myself to God and worship him in anyway. I always try to stay faithful and not sin.
I would give up my life for christ because christ is everything in my life no matter what.
Though it would be scary, we all die at some point in our lives. But I would die for Jesus because he has done so much for us and will do anything for us. He is always there for us and is always listening to us. God has put us on this Earth to do good things in the world and I want to be a good one who can do that and help others like Jesus. Things would be different without him in my life, guiding me and being a good example. We need to let Jesus be our leader and do as he wants us to do.
Death is something that I am not ready for because I still have a lot to live for. For example my family, and friends. They all mean so much to me and there are still lots of things I have to do in this world. i want to grow more in my faith before I die. I want to die happy knowing that my faith is strong.
Todays Scripture is about Jesus calling the 12 Apostles and they coming and following him till the last supper, I can relate to because he is calling us to be with him in Heaven.
Would I be willing to die for Jesus? This is a difficult question. As a Catholic I know that I should not even have to think about it before saying yes of course I would be willing to die for him. But I am a human and I have the temptation of the devil saying don’t die for him you don’e need to doe foe him. Death is a scary thing for everyone and laying down your life for someone that you have never met that is really difficult. But overall I think that I would stand up for Jesus and die for him because that is exactly what he did for me.
I honestly don’t know if I would die for the faith. I feel that it would take so much courage. And I should be strong enough to die. I’m scared to die even though it will happen at the right time. It’s amazing to see how all the 12 orderly men die for Jesus.
I am not afraid of death. This is not just because I want to sound tough but because I know there is are 2 ways to go. Even if Jesus doesn’t call my number the pain is worth it. It can be hard suffering from sin and addiction. Ya, it’s easier together but it is still very hard. I wouldn’t be afraid because I know after death and suffering it ends. All the pain and the guilt will be gone once your in heaven. The eighth beatitude says, ” blessed are those who are persecuted, for the kingdom of God is theirs.” This shows that if you truly die and suffer for Christ the Reward will greater than anything you could ever think of.
I am not afraid of death. This is not just because I want to sound tough but because I now there is only 2 ways to go. Even if Jesus doesn’t call my number the pain is worth it. It can be hard suffering from sin and addiction. Ya, it’s easier together but it is still very hard. I wouldn’t be afraid because I know after death and suffering it ends. All the pain and the guilt will be gone once your in heaven. The eighth beatitude says, ” blessed are those who are persecuted, for the kingdom of God is theirs.” This shows that if you truly die and suffer for Christ the Reward will greater than anything you could ever think of.
I am not afraid of death. This is not just because I want to sound tough but because I now there is only 2 ways to go. Even if Jesus doesn’t call my number the pain is worth it. It can be hard suffering from sin and addiction. Ya, it’s easier together but it is still very hard. I wouldn’t be afraid because I know after death and suffering it ends. All the pain and the guilt will be gone once your in heaven. The eighth beatitude says, ” blessed are those who are persecuted, for the kingdom of God is theirs.” This shows that if you truly die and suffer for Christ the Reward will greater than anything you could eve r think of.
I think that when answering the question of whether you would die for Jesus today, or not, if you say that for sure, 100%, no question about it, then you are lying. Nobody that will ever be ready for that question if it really happened. I would love to be able to say that I would always die for my faith but I know that death is a scary thing. Sometimes I try to go to bed but I can’t just because of that fear of death. Not necessarily the pain of death, or the fact that you will be dead, more just that I won’t get to live life anymore. I love my life right now and I hope that I will continue loving it forever. If I were to give my truthful answer to the question of if I would give my life up for Jesus, I would have to say no. If someone came into this classroom right now and threw me against the wall with a gun to my head, I don’t think I would have the guts to tell them yes you can kill me just because I know that I won’t get to keep living life. I feel like I am very close to God through mass and the rosary but I have been told that Heaven is just you basically doing adoration to God. I always thought well then what is the point of going to Heaven because the point of adoration is to get closer to God which will lead you to Heaven and if you are already in Heaven and as close to God as you can possibly be, then why are you still going through the pain of kneeling on hard ground. I have thought about this a lot and I used to think that it just meant that basically Heaven isn’t for everyone because the only people that like adoration like heaven so the only way to get to Heaven is just to start liking adoration more. I have realized that I was very silly to say that and that Heaven is going to be the best thing ever and that even though we don’t know what it is like, God knows what is perfect for us. So I think that I would actually change my previously stated comment about me not wanting to die for Jesus right now. If I am in the state of grace, which I am right now, I would say that no matter the pain Heaven would be worth it.
I’d like to be able to say that I’d give up my life for Jesus, but I’m a sinner. I’m a human being. I get scared. I feel like fear would overtake me. To me this Gospel is saying that God is enough. God is always going to be there for us, and He always has been. God will fulfill all of our needs. We just need to put all of our trust in God, because He is the one that will not desert us.
Death is something that is inevitable. You could never trade it in for a new life. You can never stop it. It keeps going and you can not escape it. Sometime death is a new life like sometimes someone dies and a baby is born.
i will give up my live for jesus and my family my brother
This talking about would you die for the person that died for your sins you would go straight to heaven if you said “I will never renounce my faith I love God above all things you can never take me away from him.”
It may take a few moments of consideration but I would indeed give up my life for Jesus. No matter how difficult it may seem death is always there and may be a scary thing to think about.
Jesus met the apostles in prayer and he picked them out because they would pray to him and stay faithful to him even though his family waited for God for years.
I’m sorry but no, I don’t really wanna die. I feel like I just have so much more to do in life, and, like you said, Jesus doesn’t need our sacrafice.
” Would you be willing to give up your life to uphold the truths of Jesus Christ!” This is a really tough question. A lot of people would just chicken out and say, “My life is more important.” But really is your life more important than going to Heaven and upholding the truths of Jesus Christ. NOOOOO it is not more important. Jesus died for us and we should die for him. It is also a lot better living in Heaven for eternity than living in hell.
Yes I would give up my life for Jesus. I would want to just the same as I would give up my life for my family. If it were to mean sacrificing myself for the one who sacrificed himself and died on a cross so we could live. I would give up my life for Jesus.
If it comes to a moment when I would have to die for my faith I would be terrified. Everyone knows where they go after death but most people are scared of dying. Then I think that Jesus was probably scared too, but he still saved us. I think I would want to act the way Jesus did, even if it means dying for my faith.
As Catholics we are the Apostles and need to respect that. Jesus is asking of if we wanna be His friends.
I don’t really know if I am ready to die at anytime. I feel like there is so much to do in this life. But I think that the scripture means that Jesus will bring us all together and he wants to be out friend.
Giving up your life for your faith… That would be hard to wrap your mind around. I truly think after a lot of prayer to God, I would be willing to give up my life. I think this because Jesus is the most important person in my whole life. He will be the one who went through the most pain, just for me, a sinner. We would be able to go and learn more about our faith. I want to be with my true lover. I hope to get to see Jesus one day in Heaven.
I am not scared to die. Because i know to meaning of death is to go to heaven. We deserve death every single bit because everyone has done something bad in the life, everyone has sinned. There is no reason anyone should be scared because death is just another saying. They describe it as a bad thing. But were going to be with Jesus.
I would be willing to fight and die for my faith. Especially if they are attacking religious freedom because they would be taking away the right to worship God. God is something we cannot do without.