"Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." It was with that abrupt request that disciples James and John one day approached Jesus. I don’t know how that strikes you, but, to me, it smacks of impertinence. How would you have responded? In kind, I suspect, with "Oh, you do, do you!" But Jesus, always the gentleperson, made patient reply: "What do you want me to do for you?" Perhaps he smiled indulgently as he spoke. "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left, in your glory." What unmitigated gall! But Jesus did not blink an eye. He had known the two fishermen too long to be surprised at anything they might say or do. He responded firmly and without hesitation; his response reveals how great is the gap between the divine and human understanding of what is …