Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19
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 our faith and its good news. Let us
share the words of God using the internet/social media by sharing bible
readings, passages and verses or anything that would help advance our faith. We
can do this by using our facebook and other social media accounts by doing so
we are able to live and share our faith just like Saints Peter and Paul whose solemnity we remember
today. The Good Lord would surely be happy if we do so. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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