#2 (CF Mini) If You Want to Understand Jesus' Teachings, Become a Disciple First

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We have heard a lot about the parable of the sower. But do we understand why Jesus only shared the meaning of the parable with His disciples? And why He intentionally speaks in parables?

The gospel reading from the 29th of Jan, 2025 (new calendar) is Mark, 4:1-20 — in it, we hear the parable of the sower, delivered from a boat to the vast crowd. Then afterwards while Jesus is with his disciples, he explains it to them. As well as explaining why he speaks in parables.

This got me thinking that maybe the way to understanding Jesus better is through becoming a disciple of Him first.

In modern times, everyone wants to know the why before making a choice — they need all the data. Taking something on faith is only something naive people would do. But that’s now how the story of the disciples went.

They were drawn to Jesus to follow Him despite not fully understanding all of His teachings.

But through that discipleship, they had the opportunity to be close with Him. And in that closeness, they were taught the true meaning behind all of Jesus’ teachings.

Today’s podcast is a short reflection on that and a call to Catholic Entrepreneurs everywhere to make that same commitment. To actively choose to become disciples of Jesus, so that we may learn His teachings more intimately, and as a result share them more widely given our station in life.

That’s all for today.

See you next time! God Bless and Happy Building!

Silas Mähner

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