“Whoever wants to be great among you, let him be the servant of all…” Mk. 10:32-45

Jesus walks towards Jerusalem; He goes with determination and firmness to meet the sacrifice of his life. He is followed by the disciples; they sense that something serious is going to happen and they are afraid. James and John seem not to have understood what the Master has said, and they ask Him to allow them to sit at His right and left when He is in His glory. What children they still are! It will be necessary to make a path like that of his Master. They will have to be little ones and also servants of their brothers and sisters, like him, who hastens to perform the greatest service to humanity: to give themselves to save it. These are lessons in humility that Jesus gives them!  Today let us ask for those qualities of the disciple: humility and simplicity of heart, willingness to serve and to give one’s life in those small gestures of daily dedication.