For the Mass Readings on the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), Dr. Pitre discusses the famous request by James and John to sit at the right hand of Jesus' kingdom. In the attempt to unhinge their concept of what a leader actually does, Jesus turns it on his head and says that in his kingdom, rather than lording power over the lowly, the true leader is to become the servant. And in that context, Jesus says that he will become the servant of all, offering a sacrifice that will be a ransom "for many."
In the Old Testament reading from Isaiah that is covered in the full length video found at the link below, we see that Jesus is actually the fulfillment of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53, which Jesus is alluding to in the Gospel above, and clarifies whether or not Jesus is dying for "many" or for "all".
Notable Quote from this Week's Video:
"I think this is an important teaching to highlight from the Catechism for a couple of reasons. First, the idea that Jesus is just a good teacher or a great prophet or a world leader of a religion has become much more widespread where we have this tendency to just look at religions as created equal. And, that can mislead us about the unique character of Christianity and in particular about the radical nature of the claim that we’re making in Christianity.
When we say that the death of Jesus of Nazareth atoned for all the sins of all humanity — from the beginning of time to the end of time — that’s a big claim. …You can’t make that claim about a regular human being, about just an ordinary human being. There were lots of…prophets who were tortured and killed over the course of Israel’s history. No one ever claimed that any of their deaths made up for the sins of all humanity."
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