i wish we could change it
to before we changed it The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 9 ! Well, wouldn’t you know it, I’ve got another problem on this third week of Lent… And my problem, as I hope you’re not surprised by now, is Jesus ; Jesus and his foolishness . “Then take last place,” he dares to say! Can you believe it? Take last place?!?! I mean, what am I going to do with that up here? First of all, you’re no fools; you all know that is not the way it works. It’s a dog-eat-dog would out there, you gotta prove yourself, you have to be ambitious ! Take last place? No, not if you’re going to make it in this life! Yet here I am, stuck with Jesus’ Word today that is just far too foolish to do anything with. This foolish Word doesn’t work as advice . I mean, what kind of advice is giving up, taking last place? Nor does this Word work as motivation. Who would be motivated to anything with encouragement like, ‘just give up?’ And finally, even our last...