If I were to ask you, and I am about to, who has heard of Saint Damien of Molokai? Who has heard of Saint Damien? Raise your hands, please. Damien of Molokai. Okay. Some of you know the great missionary saint of the Hawaiian Islands, who ministered to the lepers, at the lepers and lepers are those members of the community who have Hansen’s disease.

We continue with the selections from the gospel of Mark, and one of the things that we note in Mark’s Gospel is that there is always a tension, and it is a tension between Jesus and who he is. And the disciples. You saw that last week when Jesus first announces or shares with them what is going to happen as they continue on the way and ultimately will end in Jerusalem?

Several months ago, I shared with you my superpower. Who remembers what my superpower is?

Okay. Wow. My superpower is that I can sleep anywhere, at any time. I am a great sleeper. So in light of today’s gospel, I thought I would share my other superpower. And that is, I can pick the wrong line just standing in any department store, supermarket or drug store. I will always be in the wrong line. I’ve even moved from a line that was moving quicker to get into a line that slowed down.