Prayer Prompt before reading MT 20:17-28: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father and God the Son are so that I may know who I am.
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.” MT 20:17-28
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
If Jesus asked you, “What do you wish for?”, what would be your response? In this case it was for a high seat of honor by a mother for her sons. Like most parents, she wants what is best for her children. Jesus teaches us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. Why? “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Pride is putting everyone else down to lift yourself up, pointing everyone else’s faults out to hide your own, putting down those with less intelligence to boost your own. Jesus is the opposite of pride in the highest degree. He is “meek and humble of heart”. He is gentle yet the most powerful and gives totally and completely of Himself.
The Nativity reminds us of how humble God is. God, who created the world out of nothing with just His Words, the most intelligent and powerful being, came to us in a cave with animal dung around Him completely vulnerable needing two humans to take care of Him. He needed them to clothe and feed Him being dependent on these two wonderful humans. There is no greater self-sacrifice then this. There is no way we can match this humility.
He continues this humility by giving Himself totally and completely hidden behind bread and wine to transform us with His grace and love until He returns. When is the last time you became completely vulnerable and gave up yourself totally and completely for another. Subdue your pride, put on a meek and humble heart, and serve those God has put in your life. Put love into each action. Do not complain but count your blessings. Stop judging and start helping. Serve. This is the heart of Christ, “love one another as I have loved you”.
We are called to imitate Christ. If everyone did this (starting with myself), it would be the greatest revolution the planet has ever seen. Following Jesus is hard, but the rewards are eternal! Be a servant, become a saint!
Today’s challenge: Be a servant, become a saint! Enter each room and ask how you can help. Put others before self out of love. I bet you will be filled with joy even though you gave up what you wanted or you will at least have a new perspective. Take someone else’s plate at supper and wash it for them to remind yourself that we are created to love and serve others even if they don’t appreciate it or love you back!
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
Pride is putting everyone else down to lift yourself up, pointing everyone else’s faults out to hide your own, putting down those with less intelligence to boost your own. This stood out to me because I think that everyone has done this, maybe not directly to their face but in our mind and I think everyone should work on just being nicer to everyone, even in your mind.
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.” MT 20:17-28. Something that stood out to me about this was that Jesus did not come to be served by others but to serve them and give his own life as a ransom for the people of the world.
Jesus said to the Zebedee boys that they cannot choose where they will sit in heaven and that Jesus cannot give them that place at the right and left side because it is not his to give.
This is telling me that I need to stop thinking of myself as the center of the world and start to do things for others even when it does not directly benefit me.
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.” MT 20:17-28. Something that stood out to me about this was that Jesus did not come to be served by others but to serve them and give his own life as a ransom for the people of the world.
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.” MT 20:17-28 this line spoke to me because Jesus didn’t come to this earth for us to serve him, he came for us. When we go throughout our day, how many times do we stop and think about helping others? Are we waiting to be served or are we waiting to serve someone? when you think of a king, you think of luxury, servants, knights, but the real king came from heaven serving his people. Never in the gospels is Jesus acting like royalty, he is a very humble man. Do we want to be like a king, who depends on everyone else, or do we want to be like Jesus and serve our neighbors.
“Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.”
In this Gospel today it is saying that the least among us will be the greatest in Heaven. Jesus is saying that those who are rich in the world, will be the least of us in Heaven because it is not those with the most money, nor the most things, it is those with the least, with no money, who work for you because they are not using other, they are living life with faith even though it may be less than yours, that doesn’t mean they are any less important. So live a life like Jesus’, with faith and humility. With love and compassion.
“Jesus came not to be served, but to serve”.
This part stuck out to me because it can prove that Jesus’ didn’t want to be served, but to serve others. He’s not like the other kings and queens, the rulers. He wants to serve others, because that is the right thing to do. Not to demand worship, demand praise, but to serve others. In today’s world, we should serve others with kindness, respect, and forgiveness. Not demand to be served like some higher classmates, false gods, and anybody that falls in the ‘demanding to be served’ category. In all, we should be kind and respect others, not be the rotting, mean, higher-up. Because you will never be the most highest, that is God.
It takes a lot of trust in faith to folow God. it will never be an easy path to heaven. puting people own will neveer make you happy in life. it will make you more sad and more mad than before you did that. But if you lift people up and love people and care form them it will make you way happirt than anything in life. God has every right to not be humble he is the createer of the univers. he made every thing . but still he shows us how to be humble and hoe to act to people.
In today’s Gospel, a woman makes a wish, asking Jesus that her sons sit on the right and left of Him in Heaven. When we pray, we shouldn’t wish, we need to let it go, and wait for God to show us His plans for us. If we trust in God, all of our wishes and hopes and dreams will come true. By being like Christ, our lives will be so much better, and there won’t be any judgment, or gossip, or sadness. Once we make it to Heaven, everything will be okay.
We need to let God take control, because if we do, we can make it to our forever home.
“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.”
The first thing I took was “What do I wish for and how do I wish for it to happen”. Then I took that I should not just let someone do something by themselves, but instead ask if I can help them with whatever doing.
I think the phrase “Subdue your pride, put on a meek and humble heart, and serve those God has put in your life.” is very important for all of us because most of the sinful actions we do are driven by pride. This mainly include thinking of ourselves above others, whether that means we are physically stronger or we are more popular everybody is the same, were all human. Meaning nobody has the right to put other people down just because we think they arent equal too use. The only thing that should matter to anybody is there own soul and relationship to God, and its ok to help other spiritual but not to judge them with their realtionship with God.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus says the Son of God did not come here to be served but to serve and to give His life to everyone. His humility is what we need right now to wish to be great among everyone not first, we don’t need to be first. Only God is first not us.
Today’s Gospel told me that God doesn’t want us to sit at the right and left of him he wants us to be with His in Heaven. God wants us to be with Him forever and not be with Him at the right and left.
We have to serve God and give our life to Him. We have to speak the Word of God instead of not doing so. God wants us to preach for Him and let others know they are loved by Him.
I like how at the end of the Gospel, it gives a little message about humility: “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.” It is always important to be humble in our lives because Satan doesn’t know what to do or how to attack you when you are humble. Humility is always the greater option. When you are being humble, you are not weak, you are the strongest you can ever be.
Jesus came down from heaven to serve us although it should be the other way around. He never had to come down from heaven to save us, but because of his love for us he CHOSE to.
“Be a servant, become a saint” We are not called to be served, but to serve others and to give our life to God. This is what it says the Son of Man does in the gospel.
In today’s scripture, I really loved how it says that Jesus tells us that he teaches us to follow him. Pride is not a good thing, it is bringing people down, it’s bringing ourselves down, we should not put others down, instead we should lift others up like Jesus did. Jesus is most humble and most powerful all, yet he does not brag about, we should not brag about ourselves, we should be thankful for everything God has given us, be grateful for all the blessings he has given us, and for another day of life and another day of peace and love with God. It really stuck out to me when it says that the Nativity reminds us that God is very humble, he loves you so much, he created you out of his image and likeness, he created this world out of nothing, but with his love and mercy for us, we have been created and so has the world. We should not judge others, instead we should help others who are struggling physically or mentally or just anyone in general who needs help from other people because they are struggling within themselves. He transforms us with his love and grace, these gifts we do not deserve them, but God died for you to save you from sin, we should empower others by the Holy Spirit and not make others feel bad about themselves. Jesus is everything, God put you on this earth, this life because he loves Put love into each action. Do not complain but count your blessings.you, we should love one another like Jesus has loved us he says” Love like how I have loved you. Have a good rest of your day!! God loves you so much, this earth is not forever, until we make it to heaven, God Bless You and make sure to count your blessings!!! Viva Cristo Rey!!!
The passage shows our natural human desire for recognition and status and wanting to be popular. It teaches that if you want to be “somebody great” in God’s eyes, your goal should not be to reach the top of a hierarchy or the best at everything or be popular, but to be the person who serves most deeply to our God because in the end all of our social lives wont matter the only thing that matters is God and our faith
the scripture tells me thatpride is putting us all down to lift your self up.No what we need is to pray to be with Godthe nativity reminds us on how humble God is.so when we see humbleness around you be humble yourself to follow Gods way.
Jesus predicts his own suffering and resurrection, contrasting his upcoming sacrifice with the disciples’ desire for worldly status. He corrects the mother of James and John by explaining that true greatness in God’s kingdom is found in humility and service rather than positions of power. By using himself as the ultimate example, he redefines leadership as a call to be a servant to others. Ultimately, he clarifies that his mission is not to be served as a king, but to offer his life as a help for humanity.
In today’s gospel, Jesus is telling his apostles that he will die and rise from the dead on the third day. He also tells us how his body and blood will become the living bread and the wine is his blood. He wants us to believe in him so that we can enter heaven.
Today’s Gospel, calls for a reflection on true greatness found not in power, but in humble service and sacrifice, modeled after Jesus Christ.
One thing that really stood out to me was this “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.” Because I need to do what that says I need to serve and not to want to be served. Also another thing that stood out was this “Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Because I need to also work on this.
We are called to imitate Christ. If everyone did this starting with myself, it would be the greatest revolution the planet has ever seen. Following Jesus is hard, but the rewards are eternal! Be a servant, become a saint! Be a servant to others.Wash a dish for your parents and do some chores for your family. Get off video games and go play with your family.And be nice to your siblings. Or even do something kind for a friend. Live a life like Jesus be a servant.
What the Gospel told me is that we were put on this Earth to be servants. Just like how Jesus washed the Apostles’ feet, we can do services for others.The more you serve others, the more fulfilled you will become.”Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave.
If we follow Jesus we will sit with our father in heaven. Jesus, the son of God, will be condemned by the world but we must be unlike the others and follow him. We must listen to God. Jesus did not come to be served but to be a servant. We should follow his example.
As a middle schooler, it really easy to feel like your constantly in a competition. Whether it’s about who has the most followers, who’s the best at sports, or who gets the highest grades, we are often told that “winning” means being at the top and looking down at everyone else,But we need to put competition and winning to the side and God first.
In the Gospel Jesus tells his disciples “the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” many Jews thought the son of man would be a great warrior and free them from the Romans. But Jesus tells many that the son of man came to save them from death so we can have internal life with him.
Jesus said to his diciples as they entered Jeruselum, he told them that the King of the Jews will be condemed to death, be crucified, and rise again on the third day. He asked them if they will drink from his chalice and they all replied, YES! He then tells them that it is not his to give but a gift from his father.
Today’s Gospel speaks about how if we choose to be prideful we are given the opposite of what we wanted. If we choose to humble ourselves and put others before us God will reward us. We should choose to humble ourselves and put others before ourselves instead of putting our needs and what we want first.
Today’s gospel says “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.” God is willing to give us things but we ask for the wrong things. We ask for glory, power, and wealth when what we should be asking for is the strength to be holy and the grace to get to heaven. Maybe if we asked for things like that our requests would be granted.
Jesus told the disciples that he was going to die. he taught them a lesson about how they should wish other people great. and that the father will wish great on you.
Today is another Gospel where Jesus relentlessly tries to get his disciples to see what’s to come. Yet again they do not understand it and can’t comprehend what he has just said. In the second part of the Gospel the wife of Zebedee asks if her sons can sit on the sides of Jesus in his kingdom. The other disciples are mad at them for doing that and Jesus responds with “You do not know what you are asking”. Most disciples think it is arrogant of them to think they might get that, but God is forgiving and will let it go.
I feel that today’s Gospel told me that pride is kind of like evil masking itself, when you put others down and making your self look cool, you think your getting a status boost, but in reality your hurting yourself, and the more you get used to pride the better it is for evil to mask itself inside of you.
What points out to me in this gospel is this sentence, “Pride is putting everyone else down to lift yourself up, pointing everyone else’s faults out to hide your own, putting down those with less intelligence to boost your own.” In this lifetime, many people do this and it’s a really big problem in our world. Us, as Christians need to try not to have pride and be humble and meek, just like Jesus was.
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.” This stood out to me in the Gospel today because it talks about how those who are greedy and put themselves over others won’t have eternal life in Heaven. Just like the Son of Man, he was really good in his ways, but stayed humble and did not put himself over others, but put others first and not himself. We should be like the Son of Man and stay humble and put others before us.
Today’s Gospel told me that Jesus chose to come down from Heaven to serve us, we should try to serve Jesus in every way we can.
“Be a servant become a saint”.I thing it’s a challenging reminder that the path to true happiness in heaven often involves stepping down to serve others rather than climbing up to rule them. Sometimes this can be hard because we take pride in ourselves but we must learn to have humility.
What stuck out to me in today’s Gospel is it says “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” this means we need to not be selfish and if we give all our stuff God gives us stuff in return.
Today, Jesus said, ´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.” This is something that Mr. Goertz talks about a lot. He always says to serve others to be a Saint. Jesus did that, He gave His own life for us with His free will. He suffered horribly for us just so we could be free. Then, after that He went up the mountain and died on a Cross. He could have saved us with one drop of His blood but He didn’t. Why? He needed to show us that giving our selves up to help others is the way to Heaven. The way to be with Him forever. He died as an example for the world that He loves us. That God loved us so much that He gave His only Son to die for us.
“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.”
I think this is saying that Jesus was telling his disciples that he going to die and on the third day will rise up again. I think this because he tells them that the Son of Man which is Jesus will be condemned to death and rise on the third day.
“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.” If we try to put our own needs above the needs of others and put our own selfishness above others necessities then we will be last on judgement day. Jesus came to earth as an example for us so that we can mimic him and get to heaven by serving others.
God is more humble than anyone in this universe. He’s the most powerful and intelligent being and yet he’s humble and doesn’t abuse his power. He could easily do anything he wants with us yet He treats us with love and kindness. Most people if they had that kind of power would go crazy with it and abuse it till there’s nothing left and yet God doesn’t do that and doesn’t think we’re any lower than him. He loves us more than we can imagine unconditionally. That’s the kind of love and humbleness we should treat each other with.
Be a servant, become a saint! Enter each room and ask how you can help. Put others before self out of love. I bet you will be filled with joy even though you gave up what you wanted or you will at least have a new perspective. there are so many was to become a saint like becoming a priest, dedicating your life to Christ, going out preaching, being a missionary. But there’s one thing they all tie to… they are all servants of the Lord. just clearing the table after dinner can be an act of service. we should try and serve our neighbors like Jesus when he washed the apostles feet. become a servant to become a saint.
the Gospel at at first talks about what will soon happen later on as He is talking to His disciples, then it talks about a woman asking Jesus to have them sit and His right hand and left hand which Jesus basically says that that’s not His decision to make it is God’s and then it says that the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and take away our original sins…
Jesus realy spoke to me when he said that the 2 brothers could drink from his cup and it made me think who are these people do they not know they just said they would drink from the cup of the Christ. Then I kept reading and read the part where God told his disciples “Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.”
What stuck out to me was that Jesus doesn’t have a saying on who sits on his right or left. God has the power of that and that is why he is the greatest and only king in the world. That is why we worship him and we need to become his servant at his right and left and you shall drink the chalice.
Jesus is saying that we shold no be bickering and compeating over who is the best at this and that but who servs there naber the moast so they can enter the kindome of God. we shold be chaleneging each other to serv our naber expeshaly the wons we strugle to love.
I’m first ha ha. I finished before you. Why do we do this? I think it is because we are not to be saved already but to learn that being second or thread or any other place is alright. It is good to fail. It means you’re human. Give it another try and let God decide what happens.
what i got out of this gospel is that Jesus knew that he was going to be held up to be crucified in Jerusalem. but he still went up there knowing that. at the end of the gospel he talks to a kid and the kids mother and told them to drink out of his chalice but it they cant sit with him on the left or right because he dose not give that by him but is given by there self.
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. What this means to me is that to be great we need to serve others. We need to help others than to be the one to be served.
In the Gospel today Jesus tells the disciples about his passion that he will go through. Also, the mother of the sons of thunder told Jesus to let one son on the right and the other son on the left. She demanded Jesus from this and He asked if she knew what they were going to have to do and they accepted it.
What I think the lord is trying to tell me is that When we ask him for something we have to give are whole heart when we ask him for something because we must believe in something to start asking for another thing.
We have to put our pride to the side. Jesus came down and could not have died for us. He put his pride and did it for all of us.
Today in the Gospel something that stuck to me was “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.” In this sentence Jesus is talking about himself and to me this seems as a miracle because he knew. And God is our best friend!
In today’s Scripture, I think God is telling me that Jesus is here for us. He prophesied that He would die on the cross for us and he would serve for us. He shows that His love for us is immense and more than we could imagine. His love is what should drive us, and we depend on Him for all things. He says he will die for us so we should depend on Him.
Pride often blinds us from what’s really important. Pride is like thinking you know what’s best for yourself, even though we don’t sometimes. That’s why we need to put our pride aside and have faith that God will help us in times of need. So remember you cant do everything alone, its okay to ask God for help or just to talk to him.
In today’s Gospel a woman and her two sons come to Jesus saying, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus says to them that only God chooses who goes to Heaven or to Hell, and that good or bad deeds can sway it. He also says that the Son of Man didn’t come to be served, but to serve, and that we need to strive to be like him.
“He continues this humility by giving Himself totally and completely hidden behind bread and wine to transform us with His grace and love until He returns.” Giving your all is always amazing because once you give your all there is always going to be a good come out. Like He did.
In this Gospel, I think the message that God is trying to tell us is that He will always be here for us and ready to help. We always come to him with trouble or need help, and He will always help in some way or even just talk to us.
What i got from this gospel was everyone has their own mistakes and pointing them out to make yourself look cool or funny isn’t why Jesus died for us. He died for us cause he loved us and he wants us to love one another as well
In the Gospel, it tells us to not be served, but to serve other people. We should live our life and care for others and remember the golden rule. We should guide others to heaven, and we should teach them how to be like Jesus.
something that stuck wtih me when i read this was that “If Jesus asked you, what do you wish for? what would you say” this stuck with me because i dont know what i would wanna wish for many things and i would have many questions like how far can this wish go, can i ask to go to heaven, can i ask to get wealthy, can i ask to become a whole new person and be a saint, can i ask to be with God now and in heaven forever. the reason this questoin is so hard is cause how much can you wish for before it is too much to ask for. God saying this would take me atleast a full week of thinking what would i want. could i even ask to get the WHOLE world to heaven. can I ask God to make us smarter in the whole world, make us nicer, make us have world peace, make people not go hungry, this question is so hard for anyone to answer in my opinion.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus approaches Jerusalem and warns his disciples that the Son of God will go through many hardships and sufferings and he will rise up on the third day.
What I got out of this Gospel today is that sometimes we need to put others first and not have a lot of pride or ego. We should instead serve God with our kindness with putting someone else first like a small action like holding the door for him or even giving money or food up to someone who needs it more than us.
The message I got from today’s gospel put others before myself. Jesus said “the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve.” To me, this means that I should be looking for what I can do for others instead of being selfish.
Today Jesus foreshadows his death. He once again tells the Apostles that he must die to save the world, and once again the disciples misinterpret the metaphor because they were thinking among the ways of man. Let us not be like that and do God’s will. Also, James and John along with their mother wished that they would command heaven being Jesus’s right hand men. However, once again they are missing the point, those who serve are the greatest. The ones in power are called to serve.
In today’s Gospel Jesus says “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life up as a ransom for many.”
What Jesus is trying to tell us is that we should be like him and serve others. We should give up our lives for him as he has given up for us.
What this Gospel told me is that God wants us to support others like he supports us, with our full hearts. Because even when it seems meaningless it can matter to someone more than we will ever know.
In this Gospel, it is calling us to be more humble, just like Christ in the Nativity. He limited his power to become a human being, like us. He was born in a shed, with cow dung and animals around him. This shows he is humble, because he also had a choice to be born in a different way. A different place, a different family, but he picked the one that is loving. We should be like him, to pick the most loving and caring, not the most prosperous and rich.
in today’s Gospel it tells us that pride is so common in our world and especially with us as well. We tend to get prideful and don’t notice it, except for God. We should follow Christ’s steps instead of putting ourselves above him, because we are supposed to be meek and humble like he was, he put everyone before himself and cared so deeply that he died for us and we need to acknowledge that.
‘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.” this teaches us to stop being selfish. we should do things for others without the intent of them doing something back for us. we should be selfless in everything we do and shouldn’t live for worldly things and desires.
Today Jesus tells the disciples something that I am sure surprised them. He was going to die and come back. That must have been different to hear. The person they have been following and love is going to die and come back. The thing is that Jesus did exactly that he kept his word. Also that we don’t know who will be sat by the father but he has a plan and he is carrying it out.
Today I think Jesus is telling us that it is our desicons that decide are going to heavan or not. God wants us to go be with him but we to do the right thing and try to get to heaven.
Out of the Gospel, I believe the quote “the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” stood out to me most. This quote reminds me of our Parish namesakes quote, “to be loved as to love”. Saint Francis’s quote puts loving others over loving thyself and the quote from Jesus says that it is better to be a server and worship than it is to be served and ‘worshiped’ by others.
I think what this Gospel is telling me is that you cant just demand things from the Father. God is not just a coin slot that you can take whenever you want.
Today in the Gospel Jesus tells us not to be jealous of each other or create rankings that say some people are better than others. Those who strive to be greater than others are lesser, as we are called to serve others, not try to have others serve us.
This was inspired by Deacon Jacob’s homily today: When you are given the ability to choose for others, what do you do? Do you choose what you want, or take others into consideration and choose something that will best help everybody? Most people would choose the latter. However, in today’s world, many leaders when they rise up to positions that give them immense power over their people, they become greedy and corrupted and do what is good for them and the high-ranking. Would you call that a leader? A better word for somebody like that is “tyrant.” Jesus does not call us to be tyrants. Tyrants allow their pride to get in their hearts and minds and it ruins others. Rather, Jesus calls us to be humble servants. It may seem weird, but tyrants and humble servants both are in positions over a group of people, where their actions affect the people. The difference is that a humble servant lifts up other people whereas a tyrant leaves other people in the dust. Jesus, the Son of Living God, came down to earth not to lead the Jews and set them free from the Romans, but rather to die for our sins and set everybody free from sin.
Today’s Gospel reminded me that my entire purpose is to serve this awesome God that we have been so lucky to have and serve. This Man died for us to save our salvation.
In the Gospel today, Jesus tells his disciples that he is going to be crucified, die, then rise again after 3 days.
Into days Gospel I think that people should not judge others for what things they get or diffrent things we have. We need todo the right thing and to not be judging others because that is a sin.
you can’t ask for lots of things and inportant things and receive it instantly when I was 5 I wanted new video games every day and I prayed and prayed and it didn’t really happen I usually paid for them with my own money or I got it from a birthday present or what ever it may be lets be grate full for what we have and what we get we should not be jealous of eachother or each others goods and we shouldn’t put ourselves first so be a servant and serve the lord as you serve his people and become the LIGHT OF THE WORLD!!!
what I noticed in today’s gospel was that at the end it says the son of man did not come to be served but to serve us and to give his life as ransom for many. I believe that this is God telling us that although the son of man died for us and did many miracles for us during his time here on the earth we he did not do it for praise or glory. Rather he came to serve us and opened up the gates of heaven for us so that we may live eternally with him.
Jesus came down from heaven and served for us. The gospel is saying that we also have to be servants like Jesus was to us.
In todays Gospel Jesus corrects the people talking to him. Saying, “You do not know what you are asking.”. This tells me that for God to help me I have to be willing to hear him and I need to be humble and not think that I know everything about my faith. We need to be God’s servants in our lives.
what i got in today’s gospel was that we need to be humble and meek of heart. we don’t need to make ourselves look super cool to get into heaven because those are not attributes that God even looks for. he looks for those who actually helped lifted others up even when they could have helped themselves.
What I think the gospel is saying is that we were made to be servants. Jesus washed the desciples feet. “Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.” We were put on this earth to be servants to God.
What I noticed in today’s gospel was that at the end it says the son of man did not come to be served but to serve us and to give his life as ransom for many. I believe that this is God telling us that although the son of man died for us and did many miracles for us during his time here on the earth we he did not do it for praise or glory. Rather he came to serve us and opened up the gates of heaven for us so that we may live eternally with him. Jesus loves us eternally so we must also love him.
“Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;”. This made me think of how I need to lower myself here on earth and serve those around me. I need to help those around me to get to Heaven.
what stood out to me and what may have stood out to many others is that If your wish to be in a high position, your gonna be the one serving people instead. this is like how when I was little, I wanted to be the one in charge, but I never got to. I was always the one Julia was bossing around when Mom and dad were not home. its kinda like that but under more extreme circumstances
What I took from today’s gospel is that we do not always have to be first in everything. If we don’t get first place God will still love us. Taking first place does not get us to heaven but us loving others and God is what gets us to Heaven.
“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.” Christ knew what would happen to him and told the disciples. He told them that he would rise on the third day, and he kept that promise. He never needed to do any of this but he did because he loved us so much he died for our sins.
The part of this Gospel that stuck out to me was when it says, “he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves”. This meant to me that Jesus has taken us all aside to do great things in our lives for the benefits of others whether it be making a shelter for the homeless or helping someone on their homework because something little can go a long way.
In todays Gospel I think God is telling me that we shouldnt tell God to do everything for us. He is trying to get us to heaven but we cant just want everything. He died on the cross for us and saved us from sin.
God sent Jesus for me. us. and most importantly, YOU. He sent him as a ransom for the hostages of the devil, which includes me and YOU.
He came not so that we could serve him (which we should still do), but to serve us and give us the chance to live our very best lives because of his sacrifice. Hostages and the kidnapped can only hope to be found and saved, and if they aren’t, they will probably be killed or assaulted. We are similar. Temptation is the candy in the white van, which belongs to the devil. Jesus is the parent that warns his children not to take candy from strangers. The candy looks sweet, but ’tis indeed bitter.
Today”s Gospel teaches us about compassion the
consequences of ignoring the less fortunate, and
the important”s of action in life
In todays Gospel, Jesus says the Son of God did not come here to be served but to serve and to give His life to everyone. His humility is what we need right now to wish to be great among everyone not first, we don’t need to be first. Only God is first not us.
“Jesus is the opposite of pride, When is the last time you became completely vulnerable and gave up yourself totally and completely for another. Subdue your pride, put on a meek and humble heart, and serve those God has put in your life.”
this completely stuck out to me because we have to make our own decisions and do what we can do to get into heaven. If we want to get to God we have to give up things to sacrifice just like he did for us.