1. With Purcell let us say “Amen” to the Way of Jesus
SUNDAY
25th during the year
Cycle B
With Purcell let us say “Amen” to the Way of Jesus

2. In the 2nd part of the Gospel
Mark alternates the MANIFESTATIONS with the teachings on DEATH and the meaning of SUFFERING
GALILEE

3. Jesus leaves the crowd to prepare the scandal of the Cross

4. Mc 9:30-37 They went on from there and passed through Galilee
Mc 9:30-37 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

5. Your JOURNEY through life is unostentatious
Your Death and your Life have the smallness and the greatness of love
Flower of Galilee

6. But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

7. We understand it so little that we dare not talk about it
A wall raises between You and us
Bet Alfa

8. And they came to Capernaum
And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?" But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

9. We all want to dominate from above And have the world beneath our feet
View
from Natzareth
And have the world beneath our feet

10. And he sat down and called the twelve
And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

11. "For Jesus, honors are a mockery" (St. Bernard)
Israel corner
To serve is to reign?

12. And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

13. Do we understand the language?
You say great to which is small, poor to which is rich...
Do we understand the language?

14. and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

15. ... at the feet of all, that are our only masters (Espriu)
Do I bow before the others?

16. Lord, we are here, for You to make us enough “small” to understand the greatness of SERVICE, and where the road of humiliation carries