It Is Not Easy
It is easier to profess with our words who Jesus is. That was what Peter did in last Sunday’s Gospel. Peter acclaimed that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
It is harder to accept that the Christ must “suffer greatly and be killed” by crucifixion. That’s where Peter fails in today’s Gospel.
We know and believe that Jesus suffered and died on the cross to save us. But it is not easy to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow him.
Lord Jesus, give me strength to carry my cross and follow you, because that is the way you allow me to share in your mission of saving us and the whole world from sin and death.
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