Even Peter Made Mistakes

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Dominic, we read Matthew 6:13-23. Jesus asks the apostles who people say he is and Peter gives his great confession. Jesus then names Peter the Rock, and yet Peter still struggles.

It is said that St. Dominic had the Gospel of Matthew memorized. He would have known that Peter struggled. Further still, he would have known to be wary of how personal traits could potentially stand in the way of the preaching of the Gospel.

Nonetheless, from St. Dominic, some of the great Dominican saints and theologians that followed him, the Church has received amazing insights into the Divine Logic. Let us pray today that our thoughts would be more aligned with God’s.