Gospel
Luke 9:18-22
'You are the Christ of God'
One day when Jesus was praying alone in the presence of his disciples he put this question to them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’ And they answered, ‘John the Baptist; others Elijah; and others say one of the ancient prophets come back to life.’ ‘But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ It was Peter who spoke up. ‘The Christ of God’ he said. But he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone anything about this.
‘The Son of Man’ he said ‘is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’
Reflection
In the first part God revealed to Peter who is Christ. In the second part christ revealed his eventual suffering for two reasons. He do not want his disciples to be shocked and secondly to be prepared.
This is a reminder that God has revealed to us who is Christ. He also reminded us to be prepared with our life ahead. Only that way we will not be shocked if challenges come our way.
Let us pray.
Lord Jesus our father has revealed you are our Lord and saviour. May we always put our complete trust in you so that we always prepared when troubles come our way.
Amen
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