Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Jesus tells us: "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me."

Jesus tells us: "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me."
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel text
Mk 9:30-37
They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest.
Gospel's Commentary
Today Jesus Christ announces, for the first time, His passion, death and resurrection. Did his disciples comprehend Him? It does not seem so! After the crucifixion they did not expect Jesus’ resurrection. They had not heard Him! Even though the Lord had been repeating it, time and again. -Why don’t we realize what God is telling us? Because we are distracted by calculating and discussing who is the greatest, or the most important, or the most...

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