The gospel for Saturday of the 25th week in Ordinary Time is taken from Luke 9:43, 45th verse. While they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of man is to be handed over to men. But they did not understand this saying. Its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

Jesus was extraordinarily powerful. And the disciples believed that that power that Jesus had would be somehow something they would participate in and they would take over the temple and they would in positions of great authority. But Jesus is telling them that it’s not going to turn out that way. It’s going to be very different. And they must have felt this overwhelming sense of fear. What if he isn’t going to do what we think he’s going to do?

And so that fear kept them from asking any questions. Please ponder these thoughts and I will close with a prayer. Satan Sa foreign closing prayer Father, we don’t want to face the things that are real so often. Help us in our fear of things being out of control or not what we think they’re supposed to be. Give us patience, understanding the light of your truth. And we ask this in Jesus name, Amen.