All in the Family

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” (Luke 8:21, NABRE)

If you came from a loving, generous, considerate family with minimal drama, you may find Jesus’s comment hard. Why the seeming indifference about seeing Mary and his cousins and other relatives? They want to see him but can’...