22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

God Forbid! 

Jesus was on a mission.

A mission to Jerusalem where He would suffer and be killed.

Peter put two and two together

And realized that if Jesus suffers and dies,

Then he will too!

Since he is a disciple of Jesus.

So he said to Jesus,

“God forbid!”

Peter couldn’t see the logic in suffering and dying.

To be honest,

How many of us do??

Jesus however rebuked him,

For Peter was thinking as human beings do and not as God does.

Many people think that when they follow Jesus

It will be smooth sailing.

I remember when I was young

And I would look through vocation brochures,

And I would see pictures of monks

With their hood up,

Looking out over a lake

That is as smooth as glass,

Not a single ripple.

And I thought to myself.

“If I become a monk

Then my life will be peaceful

And there won’t be a single ripple

In the pond of my life.”

Boy was I wrong!

Whoever dares to follow Jesus,

Has only one path to walk,

The way of the cross.

And it leads up only one hill,

Calvary

Where here will be a cross waiting for them.

One on the left and one on the right of Jesus.

And Jesus will say to them,

Do you dare to join me?

And most people would look at those crosses

And like Peter say,

“God forbid.”

But there is that rare person who says “Yes”

Because the greatest use of Life is to spend it for something that will outlast it!

God Bless