And he began to teach them it is was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the Chief Priests and the scholars and to be killed and to rise after three days.
And he spoke the word plainly.
And after taking him aside, Peter began to rebuke him.
But when Jesus turned around and saw his disciples, he rebuked Peter: ‘Go behind me, Satan . Because you do not think the things of God but human things.’
And having called to him the crowd, with the disciples he said to them:
If someone wishes to follow after me
they must deny themselves
and take up their cross,
and keep on following me.
Whoever wishes to save their life will lose it.
But whoever loses their life – for my sake, and the gospel – will save it.
For what does it profit someone if they gain the whole world, but they lose their life?
For what can a person give in exchange for their life?
For whoever has been ashamed of me and my words
in this adulterous and sinful generation,
the Son of Man will will be ashamed of them,
when he comes in the glory of his father,
with the holy angels.
And he said to them:
‘Truly I tell you all,
there are some standing here
who will not experience death
before they see the kingdom of God has come in power. ‘
Steer the ship of my life, good Lord, to your quiet harbour,
where I can be safe from the storms of sin and conflict.
Show me the course I should take.
Renew in me the gift of discernment,
so that I can always see the right direction in which I should go.
And give me the strength and the courage to choose the right course,
even when the sea is rough and the waves are high,
knowing that through enduring hardship and danger in your name
we shall find comfort and peace.
Amen
Basil of Caesarea (c.329-379)