If you want to come after me, forget yourself, pick up your cross and follow me

(22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, Aug 31, 2014. / Jer 20:7-9, Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9, Rom 12:1-2, Matt 16:21-27)

In last Sunday’s exam of religion Peter’s answer of: “You are the Son of the Living God” got him an A+. This week he does not do so well and Jesus tells him, “Get behind me, Satan.” What went wrong with Peter can also happen to us. He didn’t listen to all that Jesus said. He just heard that Jesus would suffer and die. But Jesus also said that three days later he would rise again. How great is that!