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GOSPEL POWER l SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 l SUNDAY
GOSPEL POWER l SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 l SUNDAY
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mk 8:27-35
27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. 31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” 34He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.”
“Son of Man” is the literal translation of the Aramaic idiom barnāshā, whose plain meaning is “human being.” It appears in the Gospels as Jesus’ messianic selfreference, with emphasis on his incarnation. As the Son of God who became flesh and entered into solidarity with us, Jesus will be the first to be born into the realm of the Spirit, thus opening the way for all of us, becoming the firstborn of many brothers and sisters. To be born is to pass through the narrow birth canal. It is an ordeal… a necessary one. Such is the cross, both for Jesus and for anyone who wishes to come after him. It is the entry point to new life. There can be no resurrection without death. Entering the realm of the Spirit entails dying to the realm of the flesh. Lord Jesus, baptized and incorporated into you, the Messiah, may we consciously allow your life and destiny to shape our own. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 l SUNDAY
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mk 8:27-35
27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. 31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” 34He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.”
“Son of Man” is the literal translation of the Aramaic idiom barnāshā, whose plain meaning is “human being.” It appears in the Gospels as Jesus’ messianic selfreference, with emphasis on his incarnation. As the Son of God who became flesh and entered into solidarity with us, Jesus will be the first to be born into the realm of the Spirit, thus opening the way for all of us, becoming the firstborn of many brothers and sisters. To be born is to pass through the narrow birth canal. It is an ordeal… a necessary one. Such is the cross, both for Jesus and for anyone who wishes to come after him. It is the entry point to new life. There can be no resurrection without death. Entering the realm of the Spirit entails dying to the realm of the flesh. Lord Jesus, baptized and incorporated into you, the Messiah, may we consciously allow your life and destiny to shape our own. Amen.