A reading from the Holy
Gospel according to Matthew:
The mother of the sons of
Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
and did him homage, wishing
to ask him for something.
He said to her,
“What do you wish?”
She answered him,
“Command that these two sons
of mine sit,
one at your right and the
other at your left, in your Kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply,
“You do not know what you are
asking.
Can you drink the chalice that
I am going to drink?”
They said to him, “We can.”
He replied,
“My chalice you will indeed
drink,
but to sit at my right and at
my left, this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it
has been prepared by my Father.”
When the ten heard this,
they became indignant at the
two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and
said,
“You know that the rulers of
the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their
authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among
you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be
great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first
among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did
not come to be served
but to serve and to give his
life as a ransom for many.”
The Gospel of the Lord -
Cross of St James
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