In the context of this weekend’s Gospel (Mt 16:21-27), Jesus rebukes St. Peter harshly for trying to talk Him out of suffering and dying for the salvation of world.  While the Lord might seem to be acting unnecessarily harsh towards Peter, Fr. Eric reflects on how Christ is always very intentional and purposeful in His words and actions, especially when He is trying to teach His chief disciple to become a true witness and leader of the Church.

Topics include how a fear of suffering and death can obstruct God’s salvific purposes; the necessity of a disciple always to follow the master in a stance of humility, docility and obedience; and the importance of living out of a stance of perpetual sacrifice in imitation of the suffering Christ, as opposed to being simply content to be nice, kind or polite.

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