Gus writes a reflection.
Behold, we are going up
to Jerusalem… Matt. 20: 18
Christ invites us to journey with Him “Going up to
Jerusalem.” Wholeheartedly embracing God’s call to obedience, through prayer,
fasting, and acts of mercy, as symbols of our repentance, is the way.
Absolution should pave our way towards genuine
repentance. We need to put away the old self of our former way of life, corrupted through
deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of our minds, and put on the
new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness… Eph. 4: 22-24.
The apostles didn’t understand what being a disciple
entailed. James and John must have
thought “Going Up to Jerusalem” meant going to claim the Messiah’s throne. Their mother asked Jesus to have them sit
next to Him when He came into His kingdom (Matt. 20: 21). Then the other apostles clamored to sit next
to Jesus, too. (Matt. 20: 24)
Journeying toward the heavenly kingdom impels us to
share Jesus’ fate. Every one of the apostles will carry a specific cross. They all die an ignoble death.
Are you ready for the journey?
What is your cross?
Can you follow Jesus all the way up to
Jerusalem?
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