[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi (Szt.Jakab apostol ünnepe)

[Emoke Greschik]

 *Friends, today in our Gospel the mother of James and John asks Jesus on
their behalf for high places of authority in his kingdom. Ah, there is the
voice of ambition. Some people don’t care at all about money or power or
pleasure—but they care passionately about honor. A lot of people can
identify with James and John. *They want to go places; they want to be
movers and shakers in society. P

*erhaps a number of people reading this reflection are filled with these
emotions. But Jesus turns the tables on them: "You do not know what you are
asking." *He is indeed a King, and he will indeed rule Israel, but his
crown will be made of thorns, and his throne will be a Roman instrument of
torture.

* And so he tries to clarify: "Can you drink the chalice that I am going to
drink?" The key to honor in the kingdom of God is* *to drink the cup of
suffering, **to be willing to suffer out of love, to give one’s life away
as a gift. Look at the lives of the saints. It is not about aggrandizing
the ego, but emptying it out.*
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