“When Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
Genesis 5:32
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“…THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE...” John 17:11
Living the Prayer of Jesus through Racial Sobriety
Year B Gospel Commentary
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 8:27-35 |
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People care for us and they do not want anything to harm us. Pete is the
friend of Jesus and seeks to talk to him in a private but concerned way.
Jesus criticizes him for trying to block, prevent, and manipulate his
call to follow the direction of his Father. And likewise, we will have
those who say to us in loving ways to "go along to get along." We too
have to ask what others think of us as Jesus did, but like Jesus, what
God thinks of us is the most important call on our lives. As we continue
to be about our witnessing to racial and ethnic sobriety, we face the
reality of others fears for our future. Let us witness to Jesus call
to being the unity of the human family. This spirit is captured in a
prayer that ends with these words: "And may God bless us with enough
foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so
that we can do what others claim cannot be done." |
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