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Day 262 - Peter

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St. Peter the Apostle - Museum of the Warsaw Archdiocese Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Let the words of our mouths, and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our salvation. Amen Today’s Reading 9/19/2019     Day 262 Mark 7:1 – 8:38 Reflection | Today - Jesus is challenged by church leadership on Tradition vs Belief. Jesus changes the purity tradition - what comes out defiles.  Jesus goes to Tyre hoping not to get noticed and heals a girl following the pleas of a desperate Gentile woman: Jesus heals a deaf man; feed another large crowd of people; Pharisees ask for a sign - Jesus gives no sign - watch out for the Pharisees; Jesus heals a blind man and then asks his disciples who people say he is? Peter you are the Messiah. The Son of Man must suffer - Peter says No - Jesus says yes I will suffer. Take up your cross and follow me...