Wednesday | May 29, 2024
Mark 10:38
You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?
St. Paul VI
The Path to Glory
Going to Jerusalem, Jesus told the Apostles, in shocking detail, how he would suffer and be put to death; then, after three days, he would rise. James and John came right to him and asked that in his glory they would be seated next to him. Jesus’ response is a warning of what must happen before being with him in his glory.
They must drink the chalice of whatever is required of them to endure, as Jesus had to, and be baptized as he is baptized. The word baptized here did not mean when Jesus was baptized in the Jordan. It was a figure of speech for being totally immersed in something completely overwhelming: For Jesus, it was death on the Cross.
Jesus, when we are overwhelmed by difficulties, please strengthen us to drink what we must so we can follow you with our lives.
- Patricia Livingston.
1 Peter 1:18-25 • Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20 • Mark 10:32-45
