Again this Sunday we ask that we may merit to attain eternal life. How? By keeping the precepts founded on love of God and our neighbor.
The Gospel for this Sunday is Mark 9:30-37
First Mark tells us that Jesus was on a journey through Galilee, but he did not want anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them that "the Son of Ma is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise." They did not understand, but were afraid to question Jesus. Then, when they arrive in Capernaum and are in the house, Jesus begins to ask them what they were arguing about on the way. They remained silent as they had been discussing who was the greatest. Then Jesus sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servent of all." Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me."
I am just giving the Gospel this week as I really think we all need to think what receiving, welcoming children, but also we welcome the elderly, the immigrants, the lonely, the ill, etc. Jesus would welcome all and wants us to learn from him.
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