Proper 19B/Ordinary 24B/Pentecost 17
September 16, 2018
September 16, 2018
Peter’s Declaration
about Jesus
27 Jesus
went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way
he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they
answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of
the prophets.” 29 He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.”[a] 30 And he sternly ordered them not to
tell anyone about him.
Jesus Foretells His
Death and Resurrection
31 Then
he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be
rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and
after three days rise again. 32 He said all this quite openly. And
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and
looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For
you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
34 He
called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become
my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow
me. 35 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those
who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel,[b] will save it. 36 For what will it
profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37 Indeed,
what can they give in return for their life? 38 Those who are ashamed
of me and of my words[c] in this adulterous and sinful generation, of
them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his
Father with the holy angels.”
Footnotes:
- Mark 8:29 Or the
Christ
- Mark 8:35 Other
ancient authorities read lose their life for the sake of the
gospel
- Mark 8:38 Other
ancient authorities read and of mine
A
Poem a Sunday
Pentecost
17 – B
Caesarea
Manifesto
“Please put me on
your ‘Enemies List.’
I want to be among
those who resist
the machinations of
the Empire.
Caesar crucified
2,000 sons at *Sepphoris
when I was very
young and that bloody way
will in the end
bring a brand new day.
I will take on the
cross
as an anti-hero, a
sign of loss,
and turn Rome’s
power on its head.
I’ll champion the
cross. I’ll take it on
and use it to bring
a new dawn
of justice for the
oppressed.
Take up the cross –
instrument of Death.
Embrace it. Change it. Remove its power
to cower and
dominate in this hour.
Now my Hour, my
time has come
to reverse the
cross and never run
from the power of
oppression
but take it on
overcoming it with
wide open arms.
No longer an
instrument of execution
but a new way of
life
amidst massive
confusion.”
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(In 4 BCE)
with all his forces at Ptolemaïs [=Akko],
(Varus) transferred part to his
son and one of his friends, sending them out to fight the Galileans in the
area near Ptolemaïs [southwestern Galilee]. Attacking them, (Varus’s
son) routed them in battle. He attacked Sepphoris [4 mi.
from Nazareth],
enslaved the inhabitants and burned the city...
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But Varus sent
(another) part of his army around the countryside, seeking those to blame for
the revolt. And when they were pointed out, he punished those who were
guilty. There were also those he pardoned. But 2000 happened to be crucified
because of this accusation.
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