Jesus is making His final journey to Jerusalem.
It may help to review the context of this Gospel. So, He must teach them and us that crowns-the things we value most-come only through the cross. The apostles have only crowns in mind, but Jesus knows the price of the crown. Charles Pope In the Sunday Gospel, the Lord Jesus speaks of crosses and crowns. No Cross, No Crown - A homily for the the 29th Sunday of the Year. 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.” Can you drink the cup that I drink?” They respond, “We can!” Jesus answers them, “The cup that I drink, you will drink. Victor Feltes James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approach Jesus asking for a favor: “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus says to them, “You do not know what you are asking. One may argue that the seeds of our Christian life begin with Jesus’ suffering and death and then ignited by the Holy Spirit.Ĭan we drink the cup Jesus drank? Fr. How is our Christian life driven by dogma? Marlon De La Torre The way man relates with God can first be identified by the image and likeness God gave man, and second, by how man freely engages in a relationship with Him especially through His Son Jesus Christ. The key question, apparently, was whether to mention that Conservative MP David Amess was Catholic. It also appears that religion is part of this story. Is this a news story? Terry Mattingly The basic facts are clear and powerful: A member of of the UK Parliament is stabbed to death by a terrorist during an open, low-security town-hall meeting with citizens in Essex. Police kept a priest from giving Last Rites to Sir David Amess as he lay dying.
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