God our Father,
who is this man after your own heart who has inspired so many men and women to follow him
to the point of leaving everything behind?
Who is He, the One who spoke with such authority the astonishingly new words of the Beatitudes, demanding and liberating at the same time?
Who is He who gives new hope to the unloved and the wounded along the way?
Who is He, the One who takes so much liberty with the prescriptions of the law, in the name of respect for God and love for others?
Who is He, the One who accepts rejection, misunderstanding, contempt and even death, out of love?
May our lives give Him thanks!