Today I
simply wanted to share with you today’s gospel.
I really appreciated it during Mass this morning!
As
Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples by themselves,
and said to them on the way, “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 to be mocked and
scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”
Then
the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him
homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her, “What do you wish?”
She answered him, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your
right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what
you are asking. Can you drink the
chalice that I am going to drink?” They said
to him, “We can.” He replied, “My chalice
you will indeed drink, but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine
to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” When the ten heard this, they became
indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus
summoned them and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over
them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you
shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your
slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not
come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
(Matthew 20:17-28)
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