“He began to teach them that the Son of Man was destined to suffer grievously … be put to death, and after three days to rise again. (Mark 8:31).
A middle-aged man is sitting in the doctor ’s reception room, waiting to be called. The minutes hang heavily. He keeps looking at his watch. He feels he cannot endure waiting any longer to discover whether or not he has cancer. Then his name is called, and as he walks into the doctor ’s office, he says to himself, “Am I going to die?” To that question there is only one answer. Of course! Yes, he is going to die, just as you and I are going to die. We’re all going to die. Even Jesus, this Jesus who came to bring the Good News of God’s Love, this Jesus who came to give us light and new hope for the future, this Jesus who came to make it possible for us to love in a…
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