Gospel: Matthew
16:13-19
When
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who
do people say that the Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John
the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter said in
reply, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus said to
him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood
has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you
are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the
netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the
Kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and
whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
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Reflection:
Who is
Saint Peter? He is the first Pope, Jesus founded the church through him. Who is
Saint Paul? Saint Paul was initially the number one persecutor of the early
church. However God intervened and Paul became the first missionary of the
church to the pagan nations.
In our
own little way we can be like Peter who waivered on his faith yet Jesus did not
give up on him. We may once in a while fail on our faith on Jesus but we can
trust that Jesus will not condemn us. He
will rather pick us up again and strengthen us. So we must not give-up on our
selves no matter how sinful we are so long as we desire to live a new life Jesus
will always be there for us.
Saint
Paul gave it all he got to help Jesus advance the Christian faith, his courage
to further the teachings of Jesus is something that we must emulate. But if we are
not willing to follow his method of evangelization which involved preaching and
going into pagan territories. The advance technology at our disposal such as
internet/social media is available for us.
Let us use it to our advantage to spread the good news. Let us share the words of God using the internet/social media by quoting bible readings, passages and verses. Through posting it in our social media accounts by doing so we are able to live and share our faith. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Let us use it to our advantage to spread the good news. Let us share the words of God using the internet/social media by quoting bible readings, passages and verses. Through posting it in our social media accounts by doing so we are able to live and share our faith. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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