The Path Less Traveled

"Then Jesus began to teach his disciples..." (Mark 8:31).  And what a lesson Jesus has to teach them.  Perhaps we ought to say, at the beginning of our encounter with this Sunday's Gospel, that the truth that Jesus embodies is not innate.  We must submit to his teaching.  Nobody is born knowing who God really is.  So Jesus must teach us and show us.  This truth must be revealed.