Commentary
Jesus'
Secret
Some
years ago, Dan Brown wrote The
Da Vinci Code
with the premise that some people in the Catholic Church have a
secret to hide in order to stay in power.
The
disciples in this Gospel passage of Mark 9: 30-37 also have a secret
that they want to keep from Jesus. Their secret is also about power.
Jesus
himself has a secret. In this passage, he is journeying with his
disciples, and he does “not want anyone to know about it.” To
them alone, Jesus teaches the secret of who he is: the one who
suffers and dies to give the whole humanity life when he rises again.
That is his secret, the secret of loving service to the point of
laying down his life for his friends.
The
disciples did not understand it then when Jesus taught them the
lesson by his words.
But
once Jesus taught them the lesson by his action – his death on the
cross and his resurrection, they then understood it.
And
the disciples themselves would follow his example. They got the
secret then.
How
well do I know Jesus' secret? And am I ready to live it?
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