homily on sts peter and paul

The text says that, âwhile Peter was kept in prison, the Church prayed fervently to God for himâ (Acts 12:5).

Now Peter makes his great confession of faith: “You are the Messiah” (Mark 8:29b). Once we turn our back on the cross, even though we may attain the heights of glory, we will be fooling ourselves, since it will not be God’s glory, but the snare of the enemy.

Peter instead replies: “You are the Christ” (Mt 16:13-14.16).

Amen. Gal 2:11). They did not complain about Peter; they prayed for him. In that community, no one said: âIf Peter had been more careful, we would not be in this situationâ.

Unity.

Humanly, they had failed. That is how Peter and Paul preached Jesus, as men in love with God. From prayer they drew strength, from prayer came a unity more powerful than any threat. Peter was grieved by Jesus’ questions, while Paul was blinded by his words. Yet the closeness that joined Peter and Paul did not come from natural inclinations, but from the Lord.

It is born if we allow ourselves to be challenged by God. HOLY MASS AND BLESSING OF THE SACRED PALLIUM FOR THE NEW METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPSON THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES, Saint Peterâs BasilicaMonday, 29 June 2020. Narcissism makes you look at yourself constantly in a mirror; discouragement leads to complaining and pessimism to thinking everything is dark and bleak. He was … Peter and Andrew were brothers, and, whenever possible, we exchange fraternal visits on our respective feast days.

What was the secret that made them persevere amid weakness? He did not command us to like one another, but to love one another. It is found in the last book of the Bible, where Jesus promises his faithful witnesses “a white stone, on which a new name is written” (Rev 2:17).

It is interesting to see what follows this passage in the Gospel where Peter confesses his faith: “From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised” (Mt 16:21). Jesus called them by name and changed their lives. How many times might Peter have thought back to his denial!

We would be amazed, like the maid who saw Peter at the gate and did not open it, but ran inside, astonished by the joy of seeing Peter (cf.

Acts 12:10-17).

SEPT. 29 FEAST OF THE ARCHANGELS SAINTS MICHAEL, GABRIEL AND RAPHAEL MASS, GOSPEL AND COMMENTARIES (Jn 1:47-51). That was prophecy, the prophecy that changed history.

<> Are we praying for one another?â What would happen if we prayed more and complained less, if we had a more tranquill tongue? HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISSaint Peter’s BasilicaSaturday, 29 June 2019. Homily for the Feast of SS.

We do so not only out of courtesy, but as a means of journeying together towards the goal that the Lord points out to us: that of full unity. Peter speaks up and calls Jesus by the greatest title he could possibly bestow: “You are the Christ” (cf. Both were cut to the core by questions asked by Jesus: “Simon son of John, do you love me?” (Jn 21:15); “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” (Acts 9:4). And now Peter had been arrested.

Their lives, though, were not neat and linear. Unity. Not forcefulness, but forthrightness. Mt 16:19). Today’s first reading brings us to the source of this unity.

Are we carrying it out? Mt 16:16), the Anointed, the Holy One of God. Like Peter, we too can confess with our lips and our heart not only what we have heard, but also concretely experienced in our lives. Those Christians did not cast blame; rather, they prayed. Share to help others in their Catholic faith and life.

There is a great teaching here: the starting point of the Christian life is not our worthiness; in fact, the Lord was able to accomplish little with those who thought they were good and decent. Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus prophesied to Peter: âYou are Peter and on this rock I will build my Churchâ.

We today can ask: “Are we protecting our unity, our unity in the Church, with prayer? I will not mention them, because this is neither the time nor the place to mention adjectives that we hear directed against those who govern. ON THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Saint Peter’s Basilica Monday, 29 June 2020. Let us notice something else: at that dramatic moment, no one complained about Herodâs evil and his persecution. Saint Paul urged Christians to pray for everyone, especially those who govern (cf. Today we need prophecy, but real prophecy: not fast talkers who promise the impossible, but testimonies that the Gospel is possible. We need the joy of the world to come. That was prophecy.

To contemplate Peter’s life and his confession of faith also means learning to recognize the temptations that will accompany the life of every disciple. They did not talk about Peter behind his back; they talked to God. The Apostles Peter and Paul stand before us as witnesses. No one. Only when we experience God’s forgiveness do we truly experience rebirth. We need pastors who offer their lives: lovers of God. At that moment he realized that the Lord was not interested in what others thought, but in Peter’s personal decision to follow him. We are not to become rich, but rather to love the poor. Unity and prophecy. We could not do so today because of the difficulty of travel due to the coronavirus, but when I went to venerate the remains of Peter, in my heart I felt my beloved brother Bartholomew.

Yet they also made great mistakes: Peter denied the Lord, while Paul persecuted the Church of God.

WEDNESDAY DEVOTION TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP AND ST. JOSEPH, MASTER OF INTERIOR LIFE.

Then start serving and be quiet.

Humanly speaking, there were reasons to criticize Peter, but no one criticized him. Mt 6:17).

Jesus takes up that question and asks it of his disciples: “But who do you say that I am?” (Mt 16:15). It demands learning to discern and recognize those personal and communitarian “pretexts” that keep us far from real human dramas, that preserve us from contact with other people’s concrete existence and, in the end, from knowing the revolutionary power of God’s tender love (cf.

Paul’s life changed after a similar challenge from Jesus: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” (Acts 9:4). Both understood that holiness does not consist in exalting but rather in humbling oneself.

They never tired of preaching and journeying as missionaries from the land of Jesus to Rome itself.

Not speeches, but service. Saint Peter’s Basilica Saturday, 29 June 2019 . Complaints change nothing.

Thinking back to their failures, they might have experienced feelings of guilt.

Prophecy is born whenever we allow ourselves to be challenged by God, not when we are concerned to keep everything quiet and under control.

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In Jesus, glory and the cross go together; they are inseparable. And there they are: Peter and Paul, prophets who look to the future. In today’s Gospel, the Lord asks: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” The answers evoke figures of the past: “John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah or one of the prophets”. Peter died crucified upside down, since he did not consider himself worthy to imitate his Lord.

When we From there we start over, from forgiveness; there we rediscover who we really are: in the confession of our sins. We need pastors who offer their lives: lovers of God.

The Apostles were challenged by Jesus.

God expects that when we pray we will also be mindful of those who do not think as we do, those who have slammed the door in our face, those whom we find it hard to forgive. And now Peter had been arrested.

Not theory, but testimony. PAUL (C.5 A.D) St. Paul was born as Saul in Tarsus, the capital city of the Roman city of Cilicia, to a Jewish family belonging to the tribe of Benjamin (Phil. But this is to remain at the level of what are people saying?

Just as the Lord turned Simon into Peter, so he is calling each one of us, in order to make us living stones with which to build a renewed Church and a renewed humanity. Sept. 29: STS.

POPE FRANCIS’ REFLECTION ON THE 27th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A ON THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED TENANTS.

I speak of “whispering” because the devil seduces from hiding, lest his intentions be recognized.

In that community, no one said: “If Peter had been more careful, we would not be in this situation”. Complaints change nothing. PRAYERS TO ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS (ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX).

When the Gospel overturns certainties, prophecy arises. Here they gave their ultimate witness, offering their lives as martyrs. Peter reacts to this completely unexpected announcement by saying: “God forbid it, Lord! They were no longer content with half-measures, but embraced the only measure possible for those who follow Jesus: that of boundless love.

Today too, in accordance with a fine tradition, we are united in a particular way with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Jesus does not care about polls, past history or statistics. Let us confess with our lips and heart that Jesus Christ is Lord (cf Phil 2:11). There are always those who destroy unity and stifle prophecy, yet the Lord believes in us and he asks you: “Do you want to be a builder of unity? At that moment he realized that the Lord was not interested in what others thought, but in Peterâs personal decision to follow him. The Lord shook Paul to the core: more than just knocking him to the ground on the road to Damascus, he shattered Paulâs illusion of being respectably religious. Do you want a prophetic Church?

Why Peter, when there was John?

ON THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES.

We too have been brought back to life, healed, renewed and filled with hope by the anointing of the Holy One. That is how Peter and Paul preached Jesus, as men in love with God. Let us ask for the grace to be able to pray for one another. That Tradition “is not the transmission of things or words, an assortment of lifeless objects; it is the living stream that links us to the origins, the living stream in which those origins are ever present” (BENEDICT XVI, Catechesis, 26 April 2006) and offer us the keys to the Kingdom of heaven (cf. Only someone who is open to God’s surprises can become a prophet.