SUNDAY, MARCH 8
Matthew 20:22 But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?”
The Cup of Life
In Bread for the Journey Henri J.M. Nouwen writes in his May 9th entry:
When the mother of James and John asks Jesus to give her sons a special place in his Kingdom, Jesus responds, “Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink”?
(Matthew 20:22)
“Can we drink the cup?” is the most challenging and radical question we can ask ourselves. The cup is the cup of life, full of sorrows and joys. Can we hold our cups and claim them as our own? Can we lift our cups to offer blessings to others, and can we drink our cups to the bottom as cups that bring us salvation?
Keeping this question alive in us is one of the most demanding spiritual exercises we can practice.
Prayer: Loving God, we are grateful for the cup of sorrows and salvation. As we drink from it, transform us so that we may become faithful servants, blessing others and bearing witness to the love that is in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Sheila Roebke
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