Gospel
Matthew 16:13-20
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 he is 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 considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’ Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
Reflection
2000 years ago Jesus ask the apostles who he was .Peter answered you are the Christ. With that our Lord said on you i will be my church. Peter became the first pope for the church. Jesus also said whatever you bound on earth will be bound in heaven Whatever you loose on earth you will loose in heaven.
Today Jesus ask us the same question. We can only answer through our action not by proclamation. We too are asked to stay united as a church under the pope. Finally we must be careful with our action for good or bad that we do is recorded and we will be answerable for our action.
Do we believe Jesus is the son of the living God ? Can we answer through our action?
Let us pray.
Oh Lord Jesus we know you are the living God. Grant we pray we can answer through our action which will be pleasing to you.
Amen
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