The Sin of Seeking Greatness and the Christ-Like Virtue of Service: 5th Sunday of Lent

The Sin of Seeking Greatness and the Christ-Like Virtue of Service: 5th Sunday of Lent

From Sermons from St. Sophia, Bellingham, Washington by St. Sophia Orthodox Church

March 29, 2026 · 14 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the sin of seeking greatness in light of the Gospel reading from Mark 10:32-45, emphasizing the Christ-like virtue of service.

Gospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45 At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten…

Topics covered

  • greatness
  • service
  • Lent
  • discipleship

Keywords

  • Jesus
  • disciples
  • authority
  • humility

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