Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
On Monday February 22 we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St Peter. What do we mean by the Chair of Peter and what significance does it have for the Papacy vis-a-vis the Church and the world at large? Obviously when we are talking about the Chair of St Peter we are in no[…]
The gates of hell shall not silence this confession of faith; the chains of death shall not bind it. Its words are the words of life. As they lift up to heaven those who profess them, so they send down to hell those who contradict them. (Pope Saint Leo the Great)
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION WITH THE NEW CARDINALS HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Thursday, 22 February 2001 Feast of Saint Peter’s Chair 1. “‘Who do you say that I am?’. Simon Peter replied, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’” (Mt 16: 15-16). This conversation between Christ and his disciples, which we have just heard again, is always[…]
