29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Who Knows What‘s Best for our Life?

At the beginning of today's Gospel the Apostles James and John make a startling demand of Jesus. They say, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." This presumes, of course, that whatever they think is best for them is actually what is best for them. But how does God want us to pray? Like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane: "Father, take this cup away from me; but what I will, but what you will." Jesus is happy when we bring our desires to him, but always with a heart that accepts what he gives -- believing that God's will is best for us -- whether it is what we wanted or not.

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