Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 23rd September

Mark 9:30–37

They went on from there and passed
through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples,
saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they
will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they
did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. Then they
came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you
arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued
with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said
to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”

 

Reflection

 

•      Does fear deters me from asking the core questions?

•      Am I pre-occupied with false ambition, self-seeking,
and rivalry?