Saturday, September 28, 2002
25th Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Ecl 11:9-12:8
Gospel: Lk 9:43-45
While all were amazed at everything Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
"Listen and remember what I tell you now: The Son of Man will be
delivered into human hands." But the disciples didn't understand
this saying; something prevented them from grasping what he meant, and
they were afraid to ask him about it.
Commentary
Notwithstanding the apostles' lack of understanding of who he really was, Jesus went on healing people as a sign of the coming of God's reign. Everyone marveled at what he was doing. But he knew that behind all this wonder loomed the resistance of those who did not accept him and his message of liberation. Thus, the somber words on his coming Passion. The sad thing is that the disciples did not understand Jesus' discourse; worse, they did not care to have it unraveled by the Master, so they didn't ask him what it was all about. Frequently, when we fear the consequences of what we ought to know, we don't want to have things explained to us so we can play safe in our discipleship. But such is not the true discipleship of Jesus.