Today's gospel brings wisdom riding on silliness. James and John want a guarantee of a high place in heaven. Christ has a shocking response; "It is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared." Any self-respecting apostle would want to know how Christ was limited and for whom these places were prepared. Have they already been filled? Are they preordained? But we get nothing from them as the other apostles begin to squabble.
Christ uses this question to push the notion of hierarchies in a rare political way, pointing out the Gentile tendency to have royal houses. This will not be the Christian way as "whomsoever will be first among you, shall be the servant of all."
Again, the spiritual and the new trumps the physical and the old.
Christ uses this question to push the notion of hierarchies in a rare political way, pointing out the Gentile tendency to have royal houses. This will not be the Christian way as "whomsoever will be first among you, shall be the servant of all."
Again, the spiritual and the new trumps the physical and the old.
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