In addition to his brief ministry in the Diocese of Fond du Lac in the 1880s, Joseph René Vilatte was, at various points, a Catholic, an Old Catholic, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and a Congregationalist.
A disciple needs to be willing, humble, and dedicated. St. Peter demonstrates all three elements in the story of Jesus’ calling of the first disciples.
Jesus was brought into the Temple and the prophets witnessed to his identity as God’s Messiah, the Promised One sent to the Temple for the salvation of his people.
To reacquaint ourselves with the ABCs of Christian ministry, we can turn to St. Luke’s brief description of Jesus’ return to his hometown synagogue in Nazareth.
