Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 20, 2024
Today’s Readings:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102024.cfm
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 –
Mark 10:35-39
In this familiar passage, Jesus calls James and John to a new level of discipleship. They may not have fully realized the implications of their enthusuastic request. Jesus makes it clear: there is no easy road to glory but he will accompany us throughout the journey.
Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy:
We ponder what God may be requiring of us to go deeper into our spiritual life. We are already spiritual people, but are there small things, unnoticed things, that would bring us more into alignment with the Gospel? Or, perhaps, are there big things that we must face and change in order to be true disciples?
Poetry: Hymn – Micah Mattis
“Great is thy faithfulness,”
Say the leaves to the light.
“Oh God, my father,”
Says darkness to night.
“There is no shadow,”
Says the eye to the sun.
“Of turning with thee,”
As tears start to burn.
“All I have needed,”
Says the sand to the storm.
“Thy hand has provided,”
Say the combs to the swarm.
“Great is thy faithfulness,”
Says the cup to the brim.
“Lord unto me,”
Say I to him.
Music: Great Is Thy Faithfulness – Thomas Chisholm and William Runyan
Lavish Mercy 