Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup 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.” (Mt 20:17-28)
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Jesus is not talking about drinking from a golden “chalice” sitting on an altar adorned with a lovely linen cloth . . . Jesus is talking about the cup of his suffering. And as Saint John Chrysostom observed God does not want golden chalices, rather golden hearts.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Wednesday, Week II, Lent
