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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

  The Peace Pulpit by Bishop Gumbleton Sunday, November 4, 2007  
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A couple of times already this morning I reminded all of us that since we are celebrating a baptism during this liturgy, it's very important and a very good opportunity for us to remind ourselves that we, all of us, have made a commitment to follow Jesus, the commitment that we make in the name of this baby today.

It's a reminder that we need to look at our lives and try to discover if we really have changed in any way and continue to change because we are disciples of Jesus Christ. That's really what the lessons teach us today. They teach us a lot about what it means to be a disciple, and what kind of radical change that should entail in our lives.