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:
How well do you know Jesus?
After Peter
correctly answered the question of Jesus about His true identity. Jesus told
Peter that the enlightenment to know Him came from God and not from him. Thus,
being the anointed one Peter was chosen by Jesus to be the first head of the
church. It was not by Peter’s own effort that he was chosen it was God who
chose Peter.
How many times have
we credited ourselves for our achievements and success? How
many times have we owned to ourselves our knowledge about God? Many of us would
always attribute to ourselves and through our hardwork everything that we know
and have.
But the truth is
what we know and have right now is purely a gift from God. Amongst the many we
were chosen by God with those gifts not for us to boast about it. But to humbly
use it for the greater glory of the kingdom of God in this world.
The Apostles Peter
and Paul used their God given gifts to humbly advance God’s kingdom.
How about us? – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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