08/05/2004: "Daily Reflection on Scripture"

There's a tendency in the Catholic Church to think of St. Peter as being perfect all the time. After all, he is the rock on which the Church is built on, he must be perfect, right?

Well today's scripture should put to rest that thought. Although I've quoted in the scripture quote of the day the part where Christ tells him He's going to build His Church on him. But if you continue on, Peter immediately makes a mistake and Christ chastizes him.

We must always remember that to be human is to sin. What made Peter the rock of the Church was not that he was error free but that his faith always brought him back to the Lord.

May we always have the strength to continue to turn back to the Lord in our failings.