DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
Dear Friend in“Peter’s Faith”: In today’s Gospel episode, Peter proclaimed to Jesus, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” Ponder on, “Peter’s holiness and greatness was not his intelligence, but his deep love for Jesus. He is willing to die for Jesus in spite of his self-protective love. How deep is our faith and love for Jesus?”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Matthew 16:13-19
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’
Then Simon Peter spoke up, ‘You are the Christ,’ he said ‘the Son of the living God.’
Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be considerd bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’