Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 146 Reading 1 IS 53:10-11 The LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity.
If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him.
Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear. Responsorial Psalm PS 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 R. (22) Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Upright is the word of the LORD, and all his works are trustworthy. He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full. R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, To deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine. R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Our soul waits for the LORD, who is our help and our shield. May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us who have put our hope in you. R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Reading 2 HEB 4:14-16 Brothers and sisters: Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. Alleluia MK 10:45 R. Alleluia, alleluia. The Son of Man came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel MK 10:35-45 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 cup 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 cup 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."
FAUSTI - "What do you want me to do for you?" Ask Jesus to James and John. They don't yet know how to pray to Him. As blind as they are, they ask for the opposite of what He wants to give. Jesus is not the Christ of their desires, but the One who is God's promise. They love Him; but in their own way, without knowing Him. They have made it like an' unknown, to whom they always give the value of their will to power, and it is instinctive for man to make his own desires his own absolute. It doesn't matter if it's called Jupiter, Manitù, JHWH or Jesus: it's the same thing that's indicated. Until recently, it also bore the proper name of Stalin, Hitler, Mao, etc. or the common name of religious or secular ideologies of salvation. Now it identifies itself with the concrete names of pleasure, well-being, production, clean and safe energy, etc. or with the different sciences that claim to say the last word. Man naturally replaces God with any name that guarantees him to pursue his own desires; rather, the divine criterion of salvation is the "Body" of Jesus (1 Jn 4:2), that is, his weakness up to the cross that disappoints all expectations of man, religious or not.The disciples' reaction to the third prediction of passion is worse than the previous ones, after the first one there was the explicit dispute with Peter, who thinks according to men and not according to God (8,32), after the second one everyone misunderstood and remained silent, wanting to argue about who was the greatest (9.32). We would now expect a minimum of understanding. But it is as if Jesus had said nothing... The two beloved ones, instead of listening to Him and doing His will, want Him to do theirs! They want Him to guarantee in heaven their delirium of omnipotence on earth. But isn't that,above all, what all "religious" people ask their god? Abraham, the model of believers, was the first not to exchange faith with his own certainties, the truth with his own security. Man is desire. There is always something missing, so he searches and asks. Jesus educates the disciples' desire, so that they can seek and ask what God wants to give. We find ourselves here in the decisive encounter between the desire of God for man and the desire of man for God. At stake is the very essence of God: Glory. For Jesus, it is the love that becomes servant, slave and last of all; for men of all races (including favorite disciples!) it consists of worldly, disguised or less good intentions. The disciples have the same sin of the world. It doesn't matter, because every sinner is saved! It is serious, however, not to recognize it, because those who do not recognize it stay there. The "It is not like that among you" is the great miracle that Jesus performs in His community, illuminating it with His Glory; the disciple is the one who passes from the question of the religious man, personified by James and John, to that of the blind man of Jericho (v 21.47...). The two brothers are to be thanked for showing the others ten and those who read their blindness, Jesus concludes his teaching, intended to make us admit our blindness, the Doctor has given us the diagnosis; He waits for us to allow him to heal us.
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
RispondiEliminaLectionary: 146
Reading 1 IS 53:10-11
The LORD was pleased
to crush him in infirmity.
If he gives his life as an offering for sin,
he shall see his descendants in a long life,
and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him.
Because of his affliction
he shall see the light in fullness
of days;
through his suffering, my servant shall justify many,
and their guilt he shall bear.
Responsorial Psalm PS 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
R. (22) Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
Upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.
R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield.
May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us
who have put our hope in you.
R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
Reading 2 HEB 4:14-16
Brothers and sisters:
Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God,
let us hold fast to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest
who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but one who has similarly been tested in every way,
yet without sin.
So let us confidently approach the throne of grace
to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.
Alleluia MK 10:45
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Son of Man came to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel MK 10:35-45
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 cup 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 cup 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."
FAUSTI - "What do you want me to do for you?" Ask Jesus to James and John. They don't yet know how to pray to Him. As blind as they are, they ask for the opposite of what He wants to give. Jesus is not the Christ of their desires, but the One who is God's promise. They love Him; but in their own way, without knowing Him. They have made it like an' unknown, to whom they always give the value of their will to power, and it is instinctive for man to make his own desires his own absolute. It doesn't matter if it's called Jupiter, Manitù, JHWH or Jesus: it's the same thing that's indicated. Until recently, it also bore the proper name of Stalin, Hitler, Mao, etc. or the common name of religious or secular ideologies of salvation. Now it identifies itself with the concrete names of pleasure, well-being, production, clean and safe energy, etc. or with the different sciences that claim to say the last word.
RispondiEliminaMan naturally replaces God with any name that guarantees him to pursue his own desires; rather, the divine criterion of salvation is the "Body" of Jesus (1 Jn 4:2), that is, his weakness up to the cross that disappoints all expectations of man, religious or not.The disciples' reaction to the third prediction of passion is worse than the previous ones, after the first one there was the explicit dispute with Peter, who thinks according to men and not according to God (8,32), after the second one everyone misunderstood and remained silent, wanting to argue about who was the greatest (9.32). We would now expect a minimum of understanding. But it is as if Jesus had said nothing... The two beloved ones, instead of listening to Him and doing His will, want Him to do theirs! They want Him to guarantee in heaven their delirium of omnipotence on earth.
But isn't that,above all, what all "religious" people ask their god? Abraham, the model of believers, was the first not to exchange faith with his own certainties, the truth with his own security. Man is desire. There is always something missing, so he searches and asks. Jesus educates the disciples' desire, so that they can seek and ask what God wants to give. We find ourselves here in the decisive encounter between the desire of God for man and the desire of man for God.
At stake is the very essence of God: Glory. For Jesus, it is the love that becomes servant, slave and last of all; for men of all races (including favorite disciples!) it consists of worldly, disguised or
less good intentions. The disciples have the same sin of the world. It doesn't matter, because every sinner is saved! It is serious, however, not to recognize it, because those who do not recognize it stay there.
The "It is not like that among you" is the great miracle that Jesus performs in His community, illuminating it with His Glory; the disciple is the one who passes from the question of the religious man, personified by James and John, to that of the blind man of Jericho (v 21.47...). The two brothers are to be thanked for showing the others ten and those who read their blindness, Jesus concludes his teaching, intended to make us admit our blindness, the Doctor has given us the diagnosis; He waits for us to allow him to heal us.