Jesus replied, “It is well for you, Simon Barjona, for it is not flesh or blood that has revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.
And now I say to you: You are Peter; and on this Rock I will build my Church; and never will the powers of death overcome it.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you unbind on earth shall be unbound in heaven.”
REFLECTION:
The trials and tribulations of this life are nothing compared to the glory that awaits those who remain faithful to Jesus and the mission
that he has entrusted to us. Our fidelity to him and to the Gospel will surely not spare us from the difficulties of life,
nor from having to deal with the challenges of ordinary everyday life and existence. And yet, there is something that our faith,
confidence and trust in Jesus gives us, something that is hidden and unknown to those who do not believe:
an invincible joy, happiness, tranquility, calm and peace that are the results of an indestructible faith in his abiding presence.
That is what strengthened Peter and Paul as well as all the apostles, the martyrs, and the entire cloud of witnesses that have,
for two thousand years, shown what a steadfast faith in Jesus Christ brings. With him and in him, are all “conquerors”, we have “overcome the world”,
and there is absolutely nothing that can “separate” us from him.
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