Jer 20:7-9
Rom 12:1-2
Mt 16:21-27
I. God of Paradox- Abraham- assured of posterity as numerous as the stars in the sky... and then asked to sacrifice His only Son Isaac, who would make this promise a reality.
- First Reading: Jeremiah's callGo whatever be the mission I am entrusting to you, and you will speak of whatever I command you to say.” The prophet gets scared; he is young; he does not know how to speak but the Lord assures him: “Do not be afraid…for I will be with you to protect you…They will fight against you but shall not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue you” (Jer 1:7-8, 19).and yet we hear Jeremiah seem to sound alone, forsaken or neglected by the Lord being subjected into redicule and rejection of Israelites.
- The paradox in the life and teachings of Jesus:
- the beatitudes
- The one who seeks to be great in the kingdom must be your servant.
- the first will be the last and the last will be the first.
- I have come that they may have life, life in all its fullness” (Jn 10, 10).-To achieve the life it is necessary to lose it.
- For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- 1cor. 1:18 - to conquer death, Jesus was subjected to it.
- ano ba talaga kuya?
- Gospel (Peter's delimma) Messiah, son of the Living God, the redeemer- to go to Jerusalem to suffer and die.? never shall it happen to you said peter.
- Simon Peter: a living stone of the Church having received revelation from the Father, accepted the plan of salvation professed his faith to the Son of the living God- Stumbling block because he let himself be guided by human reasoning.
- reality is that our ways of God is far different from God's ways.
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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.-- Rom. 12:2
- Whose disciples are we?
- If we seek honor, power, comfort and leisure , acknowledgement, self interest,gratification, then we are World's disciples
- Christ's disciples seeks deny oneself, and cross and following Jesuss: gives up personal gains, other-centered, seeks not suffering but love- the ultimate giving of self and taking part God's project on beting one's life on love.
- our future is also a paradox
- whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. - thus we have a choice:
- glory on earth and eternal suffering in hell.
- cross on earth and eternal glory in heaven.
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