[Grem] *****SPAM(5.2)***** Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, in today’s Gospel, *the mother of James and John asks Jesus in
their name that they might play leading roles in his kingdom*. *This Gospel
reveals that the brothers are in a bad spiritual place.* *We have to move
from the play that we are writing, directing, and starring **in*
*to the play that God is directing.*

To be fair to them, their request makes a certain amount of sense, as the
Messiah was expected to be a new David, and David was a man of tremendous
power and honor. *Power is the capacity to get things done; without it,
nothing of value would ever have been accomplished*.
*Honor is a way of signaling to others something that’s worth noticing.*

*But James and John are asking for these two things in the wrong spirit*. *When
the ego grabs power and honor for itself, things get dysfunctional very
quickly*.
*So what must we do? In other versions of this story, Jesus places a child
in the midst of the Twelve, showing someone who had neither power nor
honor. Here he simply says, “Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be
your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. *


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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