Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent
Gospel
Mt 20:17-28
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,
he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves,
and said to them on the way,
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem,
and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests
and the scribes,
and they will condemn him to death,
and hand him over to the Gentiles
to be mocked and scourged and crucified,
and he will be raised on the third day."
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her, "What do you wish?"
She answered him,
"Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom."
Jesus said in reply,
"You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?"
They said to him, "We can."
He replied,
"My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left,
this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
When the ten heard this,
they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said,
"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Another short advice ulit tungkol sa pagbasa kahapon na related sa pagbasa ngayon. Sa bible rin galing ito. Kapag pupunta ka raw sa handaan, doon ka pupuwesto sa pinakahamak. Kapag panauhing pandangal ka pala, lalapit sa iyo ang isang tagapangalaga at papaupuin ka kung saan ka nararapat. Eh kung halimbawa namang “assuming” ka, pagdating mo at doon ka naupo sa best spot. Tapos, kapag biglang dumating si Mayor, goodbye ka sa seat na iyon at mapupunta ka pa sa pinakadulo. Napansin ko rin na iyong mga taong nagmamalaki, walang ipagmamalaki pero iyong mga taong tahimik sila iyong may ibubuga. Pansinin natin ang mga kilos natin.
Mt 20:17-28
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,
he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves,
and said to them on the way,
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem,
and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests
and the scribes,
and they will condemn him to death,
and hand him over to the Gentiles
to be mocked and scourged and crucified,
and he will be raised on the third day."
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her, "What do you wish?"
She answered him,
"Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom."
Jesus said in reply,
"You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?"
They said to him, "We can."
He replied,
"My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left,
this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
When the ten heard this,
they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said,
"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Another short advice ulit tungkol sa pagbasa kahapon na related sa pagbasa ngayon. Sa bible rin galing ito. Kapag pupunta ka raw sa handaan, doon ka pupuwesto sa pinakahamak. Kapag panauhing pandangal ka pala, lalapit sa iyo ang isang tagapangalaga at papaupuin ka kung saan ka nararapat. Eh kung halimbawa namang “assuming” ka, pagdating mo at doon ka naupo sa best spot. Tapos, kapag biglang dumating si Mayor, goodbye ka sa seat na iyon at mapupunta ka pa sa pinakadulo. Napansin ko rin na iyong mga taong nagmamalaki, walang ipagmamalaki pero iyong mga taong tahimik sila iyong may ibubuga. Pansinin natin ang mga kilos natin.
Isa pang experience ko kahapon lang. Alam ko na ang makakalaro ko sa chess ay beginner lang at sobrang gusto ko na ring manalo ulit. Nagyabang ako at sinabi ko pa sa mga officemates ko na mananalo ako. What would you expect sa isang assuming na kagaya ko? Talunan. Sa aspetong iyan, huwag niyo akong tularan. Kahit na alam mo na kayang-kaya mo ang isang bagay, tumahimik ka na lang. Ang result na ang bahalang magsisigawan non. Aja!
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