2/22/11 CELEBRATING CHAIR OF ST. PETER

2/22/11 cblog CELEBRATING CHAIR OF ST. PETER ;
St. Augustine, 530p [fr afric] "The celeb today is known as the chair of peter..what is the meaning ? We r not celebrating a physical chair..it is a symbol ? In rome, during time when used to honor dead..leave an empty chair in feb..to rep a deceased person ...a person..they prayed for the person ..don't know when the death of peter occurred..but the chair was an honor..today this reps the authority of the papacy..just like ystrday we had president's day....leadership of peter..christ founded church on statement peter made...when Jesus asked 'Who do people say I am ?" Who do U say I am ? Do u know about Christ or do u know Christ ? When make confession as peter did, then truly strong blocks..dependable...each of us ..so we pray for church leadership..and also that we ourselves know who christ is..this we do all life..same w/ rships..couples.."

1 Pt 5:1-4 "Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. Tend the flock of God in your midst, overseeing not by constraint but willingly as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly. Do not lord it over those assigned to you, but be examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. R. (1) The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall w

for years to come. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Matt 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.”