Gospel: Mark
8:27-33
Jesus and his
disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked
his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the
Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” And he asked them,
“But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the
Christ.” Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
He began to
teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the
elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three
days. He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said,
“Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
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Reflection:
Have you suffered
for someone you love?
Suffering is
part and parcel of loving, there’s no real love without suffering for that
love. For so long as you love you should expect some big and little sufferings
along the way. Why? Because suffering perfects and purifies love, love without
suffering is not love it’s simply lust or a shallow object of attraction.
For example,
a man and a woman decided to marry. So, after their marriage they move to a
place to be together. After a few months the man found out that his
partner is sick of cancer so he decided to leave her. It was not
real love that attracted the man to the woman. It was simply lust for he was
not willing to suffer for his beloved.
Jesus in the
gospel gives us the best example of perfect love when He said that the Son of
man must suffer greatly. To whom did Jesus suffer? For us, He suffered out of
His great love for us; He could have avoided going thru intense suffering for
He was God too. But He chose to tread the road of suffering so that we can be
redeemed from our sinfulness.
Have you done
something to reciprocate this perfect love of Jesus? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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