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September 14/15 2024,
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today’s Gospel passage is one we know very well because of the question Jesus asks his disciples “Who do you say that I am?” It is a question we have no doubt answered several times. While Peter answers enthusiastically, “You are the Christ” his enthusiasm wanes when he learns that suffering, and death are part of being a disciple. Those words of Jesus are less appealing than his image as a triumphant Messiah. The temptation to take an easy pat h in following Jesus moved Peter try to convince Jesus not to talk about the cost of discipleship. As you consider Jesus’ question today, who you say he is – recall these words from this same Gospel, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow
me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.”

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