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Numbers 20:1-13 / Mt 16:13-23 There is no free lunch. But, like St Peter, most of us keep hoping — hoping that we can buy the important things of life on the cheap: a good marriage, wholesome kids, a peaceful heart, a life that is a life. Jesus' mission was immense, nothing less than to wake us up and show us how to live and how to die. There was no easy way to do that, only the right way, by giving his whole self and holding nothing back. In reprimanding Peter, who was looking for shortcuts, Jesus was reminding us that there is only one way to make a life, only one way to find life and peace and joy. And that is by giving our whole selves, as Jesus did, and holding nothing back. So may it be for us all. Amen. |
