Gospel text (Mathew 16,13-19): Jesus came to Caesarea
Philippi. He asked his disciples, «Who do people say the Son of Man is?». They
said, «For some of them you are John the Baptist, for others Elijah or Jeremiah
or one of the prophets». Jesus asked them, «But you, who do you say I am?».
Peter answered, «You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God». 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 (or Rock) 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 what you unbind on
earth shall be unbound in heaven»
Our God is all love and truth, who asks from us humility and forgiveness. Our God is the only living God. He has the word of eternal life. Observing the process of the current protests in the Middle East and many other places in the world by the so called followers of Islam, presumably outraged because they do not like what is being presented in a film about their prophet; it is interesting to distinguish that factual truth, about what is missing in the whole staging of these protests and it is precisely, truth, love, humility and forgiveness and it is not precisely from the ignorant mobs perpetrating the assaults under the direction of their evil leaders, but from the ones supposedly protecting the basic and fundamental freedoms we all in the western civilization which is founded in Christianity, have for granted.
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