Mark 8:27-38 | September 9, 2021

In this latest episode of Liberation Lectionary, Jaime and Francisco explore Mark 8:27-38, the gospel reading for this coming Sunday, the 16th Sunday after Pentecost. In it, Peter puts on his big boy pants and "rebukes" Jesus for telling him and the other disciples that the kind of messiahship Jesus is living into not only looks a lot different than what Peter has in mind, but Jesus' version (a.k.a., the Son of Man or the Human One,) comes with some significant consequences, e.g., great suffering and death. Francisco reminds us that liberation theologian, Jon Sobrino, said that the cross is anything but a metaphor. Uh oh, that could be trouble for a lot of us.