Mark 10:32-45
The disciples were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went ahead of them. They were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them what was going to happen to him. "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles who will mock him, spit upon him, scourge him, and put him to death, but after three days he will rise." Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." He replied, "What do you wish me to do for you?" They answered him, "Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left." Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" They said to him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "The chalice that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared." When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John. Jesus summoned them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intetion is for the media, that they may be work toward upholding the dignity of the human person in how they portray the news.
I'm finally back from 2 weeks of being away from my home in Arizona. Thank you for your understanding.
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus continually points us to what glory truly is. He does not point to a golden throne; he points to a wooden cross.
In this way, He offers us an invitation, and your RSVP is going to be much harder than choosing chicken, beef or fish. The menu is filled with many choices: humility, mercy, justice, self-abandonment, chastity, and many more things that can only make sense when we look upon the sacrifice of Our Lord on the cross.
This invitation is something we must be mindful of at all times. It is the invitation not only to act with love, but also when we fail in love, to run to God's mercy. It is the invitation to know God's mercy for us so much that we can act with mercy to our neighbor so that we can evangelize His love and mercy for us.
God gives us an invitation to be "least" so that He may be glorified, and through Him being glorified, we are glorified. Take care and God Bless.
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