This sunday's gospel asked a truly central question to our lives of faith. Who do we say that Jesus is? Peter's response was correct; Jesus is the Christ. Unfortunately, Peter knew the right answer, but didn't understand what that answer truly meant. As a former English teacher, there have been many times when students would give the correct answer or use the right word in a sentence, but when asked to explain that answer or to define the word, they find that they cannot.
Each of Christ's followers had a different idea of what being The Christ meant, but they were thinking as humans do, not as God does. God redefined Messiah.
So, who is Christ for each of us? Jesus wants us to be able to not only give the right answer but to explain that answer in how we live - hence the second reading from James.
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