In this Gospel text, we hear not only the declaration of what Jesus is doing and wants to do but also of how he is doing it and foreshadows his mode of operating hen he gets to Jerusalem. Jesus reveals with under pressure. But there is such complete coherence between what Jesus says here and what he will do in his Passion that this declaration must be taken s a major statement who Jesus is and what he would expect of his followers to effect the transformation his reception offers.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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