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accept. Did Peter reject the Lord's teaching because he feared for the Lord? Or did he fear for his own safety? In any case, presuming to liecome the Lord's spiritual director, he exclaims, “God forbid. Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” After the lord’s harsh rebuke of Peter (“Get behind me, Satan”), the Lord teaches his disciples the fundamental rule of discipleship: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.”
Only a desire to take up one's cross to follow Christ purifies discipleship of selfinterest and false compassion. The Cross shatters an attitude of legalism. A disciple in love with Christ does ■ not worry about “getting in trouble with the Church.” A true disciple of Christ loves the Cross because the Cross is the only means of union with Christ.
Father Pokorsky is the priest assigned to St. Peter's Catholic Church in Washington.
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