[Propertalk] Sermon Quotes Proper 19B (Gospel) - 9/13/09 Part 5

[Joe Parrish]

In a very ordinary, middle class, Canadian way, it is actually very easy to understand what Jesus means by losing our life while we have been busy building it. Career burn-outs, mid-life crises, and marriage break downs all testify to that.
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Okay, so just how does one lose one's life for Jesus' sake and for the sake of the gospel? That, I think, takes a life-time to answer, and is best done in a community of friends seeking the same thing for themselves. But at a minimum, it means recognizing that there is no pain-free way to live, and finding our life will mean saying, "No," to false hopes for happiness.
http://www.holytextures.com/2009/07/mark-8-27-38-year-b-pentecost-19-24-sermon.html

David Ewart, www.holytextures.com, 2009
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Painting of Jesus
created using 2019 religious member photos 
http://www.picturemosaics.com/gallery/zoom.php?i=88

Picture Mosaics

cited by Paul Bellan-Boyer, 2009 

(also with a picture of the Manhattan skyline and beams of light representing the two Trade Center towers for 9-11-09)

http://citycalledheaven.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-do-you-say-that-i-am.html

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Williamson (Mark, Interpretation Commentary) writes: "The cross Jesus invites his hearers to take up refers not to the burdens life imposes from without but rather to painful, redemptive action voluntarily undertaken for others" [p. 154].

http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/mark8x27.htm

Brian Stoffregen
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But be fair to Peter. He grasped something which many have not grasped: Jesus' agenda was political as much as it was religious. It was about liberating individuals from oppression. It was about power-change in individuals and communities. It was good news for the poor, that would really count as good news. Our danger today is less that we might ally with the messiahship of success and change which Peter knew and more that we too often ally with a notion of Jesus' messiahship which is spiritualised into irrelevance - especially for the world of the poor.

http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/MkPentecost15.htm

William Loader
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Given that Jesus poses the question "Who do you say that I am?" within earshot of the pagan city of Caesarea Philippi, home to a shrine to the Greek god Pan, a sermon on the identity of Jesus in a pluralistic society would certainly be in order.

http://jointhefeast.blogspot.com/2009/08/september-13-2009-mark-827-38-marvin.html

Marvin Lindsay, 2009 
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Personally, I am not satisfied with the classical Christian answer to the reality of suffering - but that is not the subject of this reflection.  For, as a gay Catholic, I do accept the notion of sacrifice, personal and collective, as a prayerful offering, freely given to God, for the relief of suffering of all kinds in our wounded world.

http://gospelforgays.com/?p=481

Jeremiah Bartram
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For disciples, following Jesus is no longer about "good luck" or having everything go "my way." Instead, it is about being where suffering happens and bearing Christ to those who are its victims; it's about setting self-will aside and seeking out the other who needs Christ's love. 

http://www.crossings.org/theology/2009/theolo746.shtml

Lori A. Cornell
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