Saturday, September 25, 2010

Today's Gospel: Embrace Suffering as Jesus Did

G O S P E L

Jesus makes it quite clear to His disciples that He will suffer. He does not want them to have some sort of false expectations that life with Him will be devoid of suffering. We need to accept this truth, too, and draw from the grace God gives us to not only embrace suffering but to believe and trust that it is helpful in bringing the Gospel to others (cf. Colossians 1:24). If this is true, and it most certainly is, then it is possible to endure all things for the sake of the Gospel.

Luke 9:43b-45
43 While they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, 44 “Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” 45 But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

my reflections
t h i n k : Let us draw from the grace God gives us to not only embrace suffering but to believe and trust it is helpful in bringing the Gospel to others.

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