Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple

Reading 1 ROM 13:8-10 Brothers and sistersandOwe nothing to anyone, except to love one anotherfor the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.The commandments, You shall not commit adulteryyou shall not killyou shall not stealyou shall not covet,and whatever other commandment there may be,are summed up in this saying, namely,You shall love your neighbor as yourself.Love does no evil to the neighborhence, love is the fulfillment of the law. Responsorial Psalm PS 112:1B-2, 4-5, 9 R. ( 5a) Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.orandR. Alleluia.Blessed the man who fears the LORD,who greatly delights in his commands.His posterity shall be mighty upon the earththe upright generation shall be blessed.R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.orandR. Alleluia.He dawns through the darkness, a light for the uprighthe is gracious and merciful and just.Well for the man who is gracious and lends,who conducts his affairs with justice.R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.orandR. Alleluia.Lavishly he gives to the poorhis generosity shall endure foreverhis horn shall be exalted in glory.R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.orandR. Alleluia. Alleluia 1 PT 4:14 R. Alleluia, alleluia.If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you,for the Spirit of God rests upon you.R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel LK 14:25-33 Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,and he turned and addressed them, If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,wife and children, brothers and sisters,and even his own life,he cannot be my disciple.Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after mecannot be my disciple.Which of you wishing to construct a towerdoes not first sit down and calculate the costto see if there is enough for its completion?Otherwise, after laying the foundationand finding himself unable to finish the workthe onlookers should laugh at him and say,‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’Or what king marching into battle would not first sit downand decide whether with ten thousand troopshe can successfully oppose another kingadvancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?But if not, while he is still far away,he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.In the same way,everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessionscannot be my disciple.