Today's Gospel Reading

[Archaeology cat]

I was reading today's Gospel reading from Mark 8:34-9:1 [quote]Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them,
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake
and that of the Gospel will save it.
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
What could one give in exchange for his life?
Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words
in this faithless and sinful generation,
the Son of Man will be ashamed of
when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

[color="#FF0000"][b]He also said to them,
"Amen, I say to you,
there are some standing here who will not taste death
until they see that the Kingdom of God has come in power.[/b][/color][/quote]

I don't really understand the part I bolded and would welcome any insights or Church documents regarding this part. Thank you and God bless.

[cappie]

Mark 9:1 The coming of the Kingdom of God with power does not seem to refer to the
second, glorious coming of Jesus at the end of time (the Parousia); it may,
rather, indicate the amazing spread of the Church in the lifetime of the Apostles.
Many of those present here will witness this. The growth and spread of the
Church in the world can be explained only by the divine power God gives to the
mystical body of Christ. The Transfiguration of our Lord, which is recounted in
the next passage, is a sign, given to the Apostles, of Jesus' divinity and of the
divine powers which He will give His Church.

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Edited February 20, 2009 by cappie