There is an order in the universe where everything runs more or less like clockwork. Night passes into day and day into night. The creatures of the sky, land and sea need no alarm clock to start their day. How can we not know God? His loving hand in everything?
We know instinctively that it is wrong to kill another or that only through the marriage of Man and Woman can new life be born. How is that? Is it not God’s law written in our hearts? Whom had our Lord sent to make the new and everlasting covenant with us?
And what did our loving Saviour do before He knew He was returning to His Father? He founded His many Churches? And set up a committee? No! Only one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, a sign of His great love for and through us, His Body; of which has prevailed over the netherworld.
Lord Jesus let me always seek Your Wisdom and love and not that of the world’s. Amen
FIRST READING
Jeremiah 31:31–34
GOSPEL
Matthew 16:13–23
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and 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.” Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
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