This Sunday, we hear how Jesus journeys with his disciples into a region filled with symbols of many gods worshipped by the world. Jesus asks his disciples an important question, “Who do YOU say that I am?” – and Simon speaks an answer of faith given to him by God. Simon’s confession about Jesus as the Son of the true, LIVING God becomes the rock of the community of faith which Jesus is forming. With all the lures and gods of our modern world, we still turn to the LIVING GOD of love – and God’ Son, Jesus, as the rock of life.
