“너희는 나를 누구라고 하느냐?” 오늘 복음에서 들은 예수님의 질문입니다. 우리는 정답을 알고 있습니다. 오랫동안 그 답을 들으며 살아왔기 때문입니다. 그러므로 정작 중요한 것은 예수님을 ‘그리스도’로 모시는 행위입니다. 그분을 ‘주님’이라고 고백하며 사는 일입니다.
주님은 ‘주인(主人)님’을 줄인 말입니다. 무엇의 주인입니까? 내 삶의 주인이며 내 운명의 주인이며 내가 소유한 모든 것의 주인입니다. 베드로 사도는 이 사실을 고백했던 것입니다. 그리스도 역시 우리말로 ‘구세주’(救世主)입니다. ‘세상을 구원하시는 주님’이란 뜻이지요.
사람들은 ‘세상’을 너무 막연하게 받아들입니다. 별 느낌 없이 우리가 살고 있는 지구라고 생각합니다. 세상에 살고 있는 모든 사람을 연상합니다. 틀린 것은 아닙니다.
그렇지만 먼저 기억해야 할 것은 ‘내게 주어진 세상’ ‘내가 책임져야 할 세상’입니다. 그곳에는 운명적으로 맡겨진 사람이 있고, 의무로 주어진 일이 있습니다. 기쁘게 살아야 할 미래가 있습니다. 누가 이러한 ‘나의 세상’을 구원해 줄 수 있을는지요? 주님께서는 오늘 복음에서 이것을 묻고 계십니다. “스승님은 살아 계신 하느님의 아드님 그리스도이십니다.” 베드로 사도는 이렇게 모범적인 고백을 남겼습니다.
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Jer 31:31-34
The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers: the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they broke my covenant, and I had to show myself their master, says the LORD. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives how to know the LORD. All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more.
Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
R. (12a) Create a clean heart in me, O God. A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me. R. Create a clean heart in me, O God. Give me back the joy of your salvation, and a willing spirit sustain in me. I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall return to you. R. Create a clean heart in me, O God. For you are not pleased with sacrifices; should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it. My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. R. Create a clean heart in me, O God.
Mt 16:13-23
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
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