What moved Peter to say this? He'd just heard Jesus tell a rich young man to sell everything: the man went away, possessions intact, plus sadness. Perhaps Peter was eager to prove his superiority. Maybe he wanted to make sure all this sacrifice was going to get him somewhere. Perhaps it was a backhanded complaint about hardships endured, or any indirect way of saying, "I'm scared but I am with you." Peter could have been learning to tell Jesus, "I love you."
If I look inside myself, I find all these threads tangled up in my heart. In a movie I saw. a monk who owns nearly nothing watches sadly as his beautiful red blanket is taken away. He discovers he needs to let it go, as he has been putting it ahead of his love of Christ. I found it so hard to watch, I realized I myself have attachments. If we let them, Jesus' words can illumine the shadowy places of our hearts.
My God! Help me to let go and let you in.
Mary Marocco
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