lent 2 year b - mark

Mark 8:31-38

³¹Then Jesus began to teach them

     that the Son of Humanity must undergo great suffering,

          and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,

          and be killed,

          and after three days rise again. 

³²Jesus said all this quite openly.

     And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 

     ³³But turning and looking at his disciples,

          Jesus rebuked Peter and said,

               “Get behind me, Satan!

                    For you are setting your mind not on divine things

                         but on human things.”

³⁴Jesus called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them,

     “If any want to become my followers,

          let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 

               ³⁵For those who want to save their life will lose it,

                         and those who lose their life for my sake,

                         and for the sake of the gospel,

                              will save it. 

               ³⁶For what will it profit them 

                         to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 

                              ³⁷Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? 

          ³⁸Those who are ashamed of me

               and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation,

                         of them the Human One will also be ashamed

                              when the One comes in the glory of the Parent

                                   with the holy angels.”

Queeries for the text:
Does truth-telling always lead to well-intentioned (but perhaps misguided) rebuke?
What does it mean to take up our cross and follow Jesus?
Is the Church trying to save its life when it should be losing it for Jesus' sake?
Are we ashamed of Jesus' words of justice?
Are we ashamed of Jesus' words of judgment?

What are your queeries?