17 Oct 2021
Finding Your True Identity
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For 17 October 2021, Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 10:35–45
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to Jesus and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then 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 hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’
When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
17 October 2021 @ 8:24 am
Thank you Sister Magdalen for today’s reflection and succinct stating of the value of silence and the inner work with Christ that enables transformation.
17 October 2021 @ 8:30 am
Inspiring powerful reflection, Thankyou
18 October 2021 @ 12:54 am
What we all need to hear. Thank you.
18 October 2021 @ 2:07 am
So grateful, Sr.Magdalen for your preaching of the Word and opening our hearts and minds to the Wisdom of Jesus’s love and compassion for all his followers. May we give ourselves more deeply to Jesus in openness, silence and hospitality
Blessings on your preaching.
Brigid, OP
20 October 2021 @ 10:18 am
Sr. Magdalen replied:
Thank you Sister Bridgid,
We Dominicans are all preachers, right, and I know that my best preaching is with my community, chanting the psalms and living together happily. But I like to preach the Word too, so thank you for your encouragement.