In this week’s Gospel Mark 8:27-35, Jesus starts to introduce his disciples that ‘the Son of Man (Jesus) must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again’. I can well imagine the shock, sadness and disbelief they must have experienced on learning of this horrible news. Learning of the onset of serious illness to a loved one can be devastating, far more such terrifying news.
Thank you Deacon for reminding us that “no matter how deep our suffering, we will rise again”