Does God make mistakes? Can Jesus be wrong? Our religious instinct tells us that it can’t be true. In the catechism classes we learnt that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and the supreme good. He cannot make mistakes; he cannot be mistaken. But meditating on the gospel reading for this Sunday, it looks like that’s not the case. At least this is what Peter thinks about his Master. In his vehement reaction to the announcement of Jesus’ passion and death, Peter takes his Master aside and rebukes him saying: “Lord, no such thing shall ever happen to you.” Peter is deeply convinced that what Jesus had just said to them it cannot come to pass, it cannot materialize, it is a mistake. There is a certain irony in this exchange. A student tries to teach a lesson to his professor, tries to correct his teacher. And Peter does it with a deep conviction. He tells Jesus that this is a wrong direction. So, Peter, and most probably the rest of the apostles, thinks that Jesus is wrong. But there is another reason to think this way. As we know from the gospel of the last Sunday, a moment ago Peter made his profession of faith recognizing Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of the living God. Jesus ‘rewarded’ Peter by calling him the rock on which he was to build his Church. Finally, at least one of his disciples got it wright, at least one of the students can give the right answer. But soon after a great disappointment comes when the same brilliant student completely fails to grasp the basic teaching of his Master. It looks like that Jesus was wrong again by making Peter the fundament of his Church. Was Jesus wrong indeed? Our CCD catechists were right, God is never wrong. Although we, like Peter, are deeply convinced that the path of the cross that Jesus is showing to us is a mistake. Our human experience tells us that whatever hardship we are to pass through, we always see in it a great injustice, a great mistake. And that was the mindset of Peter and that is ours as well. How then could Jesus choose Peter to be the first Pope? How could he make such a great mistake? And yet the logic of the gospel and of Jesus is different than ours. And we should be thankful to God for that. Because Peter with all his struggles represents each one of us. God didn’t call him to be the first Pope because of his special human qualities, which in reality were limited and poor. Jesus knew that the mission he had entrusted to Peter can be carried out only when Peter leans faithfully on his Master. And this is the secret of the gospel message for this Sunday. We learn how to be Christians by leaning constantly on God’s faithful love for us. And maybe this is the most challenging thing we must learn from our Master.