2. 25th DURING THE YEAR Cycle B Plea to Jesus at the thought of death, of the Requiem by Britten Plegaria a Jesús,

3. In the 2nd part of the Gospel After the Tabor, Jesus goes to the house of Capernaum and, and during the way, he does not want anyone to know he is preparing the disciples for the scandal of his donation (death) and the their (death) donation Detail of the home of Jesus (of St. Peter) in Capernaum. View behind a piece of glass and above, in the current church

4. Itinerary way from Tabor to Capernaum Do not click

5. Mk 9:30-37 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

6. Donation of Life and Death are unique to each person Jesus teaches that the PASSAGE through life is a risky donation Arbel Valley, to enter the Lake

7. But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

8. The apostles, like us, understand so little death, that we neither dare to speak of the subject The leap of absolute donation requests an absolute waiver Already entered in the Lake

9. And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?" But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

10. Perhaps it is true that the Gospel is brand new Jesus speaks of death and the apostles of being important City of Jesus

11. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

12. Jesus establishes a new hierarchy in the church: that of of the first-last Church on the house We all know this, but few practice it

13. And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

14. «Augustus Mystery of the night, adoring silence of the things, you feel the Word of God coming down from his sovereign headquarters. In the midst of a poor maiden, a small human body is shaped, and oh joy! A Child is born, the Word of God that does not speak, Creator passing necessity, Almighty carried in the arms, Eternal of few days, Immense that has wanted to take the smaller members of a newborn. King of poverty among the poor, King of weakness among the weak. His coat against the cold is the breath of the ass, and the loving chest of the Woman more virgin and more mother. The earth, the sea, the sun, are ashamed to be large; the powerful seek the shelter of the humble: the lion dwells with the lamb». (Carlos Cardó, Psalm of small things) The child is the last-first Corner of Capernaum

15. and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

16. God continues to send children to host Welcoming a child is to accept Jesus and the Father himself Capernaum beach

17. Lord, here we are, for You to help us to become “small” enough to understand the value of HOSPITALITY

18. Nuns of St. Benet de Montserrat www.benedictinescat.com/montserratwww.benedictinescat.com/montserrat