June 29, 2026
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Mass during the Day
Lectionary: 591
Reading I
In those days, King Herod laid
hands upon some members of the Church to harm them.
He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword,
and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews
he proceeded to arrest Peter also.
–It was the feast of Unleavened Bread.–
He had him taken into custody and put in prison
under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each.
He intended to bring him before the people after Passover.
Peter thus was being kept in prison,
but prayer by the Church was fervently being made
to God on his behalf.
On the very night before Herod was to bring him to trial,
Peter, secured by double chains,
was sleeping between two soldiers,
while outside the door guards kept watch on the prison.
Suddenly the angel of the Lord stood by him
and a light shone in the cell.
He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him, saying,
“Get up quickly.”
The chains fell from his wrists.
The angel said to him, “Put on your belt and your sandals.”
He did so.
Then he said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”
So he followed him out,
not realizing that what was happening through the angel was real;
he thought he was seeing a vision.
They passed the first guard, then the second,
and came to the iron gate leading out to the city,
which opened for them by itself.
They emerged and made their way down an alley,
and suddenly the angel left him.
Then Peter recovered his senses and said,
“Now I know
for certain
that the
Lord sent his angel
and rescued
me from the hand of Herod
and from all
that the Jewish people had been expecting.”
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(5) The angel of the Lord will rescue those who fear him.
I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise
shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the LORD;
the lowly
will hear me and be glad.
R. The angel of the Lord will
rescue those who fear him.
Glorify the LORD with me,
let us
together extol his name.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and
delivered me from all my fears.
R. The angel of the Lord will
rescue those who fear him.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your
faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all
his distress he saved him.
R. The angel of the Lord will
rescue those who fear him.
The angel of the LORD encamps
around those
who fear him, and delivers them.
Taste and see how good the LORD is;
blessed the
man who takes refuge in him.
R. The angel of the Lord will
rescue those who fear him.
Reading II
I, Paul, am already being poured
out like a libation,
and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have competed well; I have finished the race;
I have kept the faith.
From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me,
which the Lord, the just judge,
will award to me on that day, and not only to me,
but to all who have longed for his appearance.
The Lord stood by me and gave me strength,
so that through me the proclamation might be completed
and all the Gentiles might hear it.
And I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat
and will bring me safe to his heavenly Kingdom.
To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
When Jesus went into the region
of Caesarea Philippi
he asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,
still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter said in reply,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
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Commentary on Acts
12:1-11; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,17-18; Matthew 16:13-19
On this day we celebrate a
special feast of the Church, symbolised by the two great Apostles, Peter and
Paul. They were the two men around whom the mission of Jesus to establish the
Kingdom was centred, and from whom it grew and spread to every corner of the
world. As the preface for today’s Mass puts it:
Peter raised up the church
from the faithful flock of Israel. Paul brought your call to the nations, and
became the teacher of the world. Each in his chosen way gathered into unity the
one family of Christ. Both shared a martyr’s death and are praised throughout
the world.
Peter and Paul represent two
very distinct roles of the Church in its mission to the world.
Source of stability
Peter represents that part of the Church
which gives it stability:
- its traditions handed down in an unbroken way from the very
beginnings,
- the structures which help to preserve and conserve those
traditions,
- the structure which also gives consistency and unity to the
Church, spread as it is through so many races, cultures, traditions, and
geographical diversity.
Peter today is represented by
the pope, who is the great symbol of unity and continuity. Without his role, we
would see the Church break up and disintegrate, which has happened to a large
extent with those parts of the Church that broke away from the central body. A
number of the mainline non-Catholic Christian churches realise today the importance
of that central role of Peter and they are trying to find ways by which we
could all become one Church again, ways by which diversity could be recognised,
but divisions removed, that all who believe in Christ might find and express
that unity (but not uniformity) for which Christ prayed during the Last Supper.
Prophetic role
Paul, on the other hand, represents another
key role, the prophetic and missionary role. It is that part of the Church
which constantly works on the edge, pushing the boundaries of the Church
further out, not only in a geographical sense, but also pushing the concerns of
the Church into neglected areas of social concern and creatively developing new
ways of communicating the Christian message. This is the Church which is semper
reformanda, a Church which needs to be constantly renewed.
This renewal is spurred on by
the Church’s contact with the surrounding world. This world is itself changing
and, in our own times, changing with bewildering speed. Not only new
technologies, but new knowledge, new ideas and new thinking continue to
surface. Our rapidly changing societies call on us to express the core of our
faith in new ways.
As a theologian once said, “The
world writes the agenda for the Church.” That does not mean that the Church is
to conform to the ways of the world—quite the contrary. What it does mean is
that the Church’s evangelising work has to be in response to where people
actually are. It is no good just handing out the same old things in the same
old way. If the Church is to remain relevant, if it is to continue speaking in
a meaningful way to a rapidly changing world, if it is to keep up with the new
knowledge and ideas which change our ways of understanding the world in which
we live, it has to renew itself constantly in the way it:
- expresses its message,
- structures itself,
- communicates its message,
- dialogues with the world.
The world may not like what the
Church has to say, but it should be able to understand it and be stimulated by
it.
New challenges
A changing world involves new challenges of
what is right and wrong. A changing world brings about new social problems, new
forms of poverty, of injustice, of exploitation and discrimination, of lack of
freedom and the absence of peace.
Hence there have to be new ways
of preaching and witnessing to the gospel of truth, love, justice, freedom and
peace. For this we need the prophetic role of the Church, built on the
foundations of tradition and continuity. We have to avoid the two tendencies
either of digging in and looking only to the past, or of neglecting the
traditions and bringing in innovations with no foundations.
When faced with difficult
situations, Catholics tend either to dig in and become fundamentalist, or to
throw in the towel completely. Neither is helpful either to the Church or to
society.
God’s accompanying presence
The readings today emphasise the presence of
God in the work of his Church. Peter’s faith and acknowledgment of Jesus as the
Messiah-Christ and Saviour-King are rewarded by his being made the foundation
on which Christ will build his Church. Through Peter, Jesus gives his Church a
guarantee of never-ending protection. And he gives to Peter, as his
representative, the powers which he himself had received from the Father, i.e.
the “keys of the Kingdom”.
Through the centuries, the
Church has been battered and countless efforts made to wipe it out, but it
continues to benefit from Christ’s promise and overall to grow in numbers. And
as long as it remains faithful to the principles it received from Christ,
principles which are of the very nature of God, and consonant with the deepest
longings of human nature, it cannot fail. Truth and love cannot be suppressed.
Doing the only thing possible
We see this constancy of the Church in the
First Reading, where Peter is thrown into jail for preaching the message of
Christ and the Kingdom. As Paul, who was himself in prison more than once, will
say later, the word of God cannot be bound. Peter finds release and then goes
back to the only thing he can do—proclaiming the message of his beloved Master.
The miraculous release from prison symbolises that protection over his Church
which Jesus had promised. It is significant too that Peter’s imprisonment
occurred during Passover week, the same week in which Jesus himself was
arrested and suffered.
A well-spent life
Paul in the Second Reading speaks first with
gratitude of how his life has been spent in the service of his Lord:
I have fought the good fight;
I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.
May we be able to say the same
as we approach the end of our life.
Paul also speaks of how God
continued to protect him through all kinds of trials and persecutions:
…the Lord stood by me and
gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and
all the gentiles might hear it.
He too knows that the Lord will
continue to protect him, but he also knows that when his time comes, he is
ready to go.
Paul’s love for Jesus is so
intense that he finds it difficult to choose between staying alive and working
for the Kingdom, or dying and being reunited with Jesus, his beloved Lord. As
he said once in a memorable phrase:
For to me, living is Christ
and dying is gain. (Phil 1:21)
In either case, he is with his
beloved Lord.
Ever old, ever new
As we celebrate this feast today, let us
both remain faithful to the traditions which have come down to us over 2,000
years ago, and at the same time, be ever ready to make the necessary changes
and adaptations by which the message of Christ can be effectively communicated
to all those who still have a hunger for that truth and love which over the
centuries never changes.
Let us pray today:
- for the whole Church all over the world,
- for our pope as the focus of unity for Christians everywhere,
- for those who, while remaining faithful to the core
traditions, are creatively finding new ways to proclaim the message of the
Kingdom to people everywhere,
- for those places where the Church is working under great
difficulties,
- for our own parish community, that it may truly be loyal to
the faith of our fathers,
- for us to have a true missionary spirit, effectively to
proclaim Christ to all those among whom we live.
In other words, what agenda is
our local society writing for our local church?
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Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Opening Prayer
“Lord Jesus, send your Spirit to
help us to read the Scriptures with the same mind with which you read them to
the disciples on the way to Emmaus. In the light of the Word, written in the
Bible, you helped them to discover the presence of God in the disturbing events
of your suffering and death. Thus, the cross which had seemed to be the end of
all hope became for them the resurrection and source of new life.
Create in us silence so that we
may listen to your voice in Creation, in the Scriptures, in events and in
people, above all in the poor and suffering. May your word guide us so that we
too, like the two disciples from Emmaus, may experience the power of your
resurrection and witness to others that you are alive in our midst as source of
fraternity, justice, and peace. We ask this of you, Jesus, son of Mary, who
revealed to us the Father and sent us your Spirit. Amen.”
Reading
A Key to the Reading:
The liturgical text of the feast
of Sts. Peter and Paul is taken from the Gospel of Matthew: 16: 13-19. In our
commentary we also include verses 20 -23, because in the entirety of the text,
verses 13 to 23, Jesus turns to Peter and twice calls him "rock".
Once he calls him the foundation stone (Mt 16: 18) and once the rock of scandal
(Mt 16: 23). Both statements complement each other. While reading the text, it
is good to pay attention to Peter's attitude and to the solemn words that Jesus
addresses to him on two occasions.
A Division of the Text to Help with the Reading:
•
13-14: Jesus wishes
to know what people think of him.
•
15-16: Jesus asks
the disciples and Peter makes his confession: "You are the Christ, the Son
of God!"
•
17-20: Then we have
Jesus' solemn reply to Peter (a key phrase for today's feast).
•
21-22: Jesus
explains the meaning of Messiah, but Peter reacts and refuses to accept.
•
22-23: Jesus' solemn
reply to Peter.
The Gospel Text - Matthew 16: 13-23
13 Now when Jesus came into the
district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say
that the Son of man is?" 14 And they said, "Some say John the
Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter
replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 And Jesus answered him,
"Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed
this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter,
and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not
prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven." 20 Then he strictly charged the
disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
21
From that time Jesus
began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things
from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third
day be raised.
22
And Peter took him
and began to rebuke him, saying, "God forbid, Lord! This shall never
happen to you." 23 But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me,
Satan! You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of
men."
A Moment of Prayerful Silence
so that the Word of God may penetrate and enlighten our
life.
Some Questions
to help us in our personal reflection.
•
What most caught my
attention?
•
Who do the people
think Jesus is? Who do Peter and the disciples think Jesus is?
•
Who is Jesus for me?
Who am I for Jesus?
•
Peter is rock in two
ways: what are they?
•
What kind of rock is
our community?
•
In the text we find
several opinions as to who Jesus is and several ways of presenting the faith.
Today too, there are several opinions as to who Jesus is. Which opinions does
our community know? What kind of mission does that imply for us?
A Key to the Reading
to enter deeper into the theme.
The Context:
In the narrative parts of his
Gospel, Matthew follows the sequence of Mark's Gospel. However, he also quotes
a source known to him and Luke. Rarely does he give information that is solely
his, as in today's Gospel. This text and the dialogue between Jesus and Peter
is interpreted variously, even in opposite directions in the various Christian
churches. In the Catholic Church, this text forms the basis for the primacy of
Peter. Without in any way diminishing the importance of this text, it might be
good to situate it in the context of Matthew's Gospel, where, elsewhere, the
qualities ascribed to Peter are also attributed to other persons. They do not
belong exclusively to Peter.z
Commentary
on the text:
Matthew: 16: 13-16: The opinions of the people and those
of the disciples concerning Jesus.
Jesus wishes to know what people
think of him. The answers are quite varied: John the Baptist, Jeremiah or one
of the prophets. When Jesus asks the disciples' opinion, Peter replies in their
name: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" Peter's reply
is not new. On a previous occasion, when Jesus walked on the water, the other
disciples had made a similar profession of faith: "Truly you are the Son
of God!" (Mt 14: 33). This is an acknowledgement that in Jesus the
prophecies of the Old Testament are fulfilled. In John's Gospel Martha makes
the same profession of faith: "You are the Christ, the Son of God who is
come into the world" (Jn 11: 27).
Matthew: 16: 17: Jesus' reply to Peter: Blessed are you,
Peter!
Jesus proclaims Peter
"blessed" because he has been given a revelation from the Father.
Jesus' reply too is not new. On a previous occasion, Jesus had made the same
proclamation of blessedness to the disciples because they were hearing and
seeing that which no one else knew before (Mt 13: 16), and he praised the
Father because he had revealed the Son to little ones and not to the learned
(Mt 11: 25). Peter is one of the little ones to whom the Father reveals
himself. The perception that God is present in Jesus does not "come from
flesh and blood", it is not the result of study or merit of human effort,
but a gift that God gives to whom he pleases.
Matthew: 16: 18-20: Peter's qualifications: Being
foundation stone and taking possession of the keys of the Kingdom
•
Being Rock: Peter
has to be rock, that is, he has to be a strong foundation for the Church, so
that she may stand up to the assaults of the gates of hell. Through these words
addressed by Jesus to Peter, Matthew encourages the suffering and persecuted communities
in Syria and Palestine, who saw in Peter the leadership that had marked them
from the beginning. In spite of being weak and persecuted, they had a solid
foundation, guaranteed by the words of Jesus. In those days, the communities
cultivated a very strong sentimental tie with the leaders who had established
them. Thus the communities of Syria and Palestine cultivated their relationship
with the person of Peter; those of Greece with the person of Paul; some
communities in Asia with the person of the beloved Disciple and others with the
person of John of the Apocalypse. Identifying themselves with the leader of
their origin helped them to grow better in their identity and spirituality. But
this could also give rise to conflict as in the case of the community of
Corinth (1Cor 1: 11-
12).
•
Being rock as
foundation of the faith, recalls to mind the word of God to the people in exile
in Babylonia: "Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the Lord;
look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the pit from which you were
quarried; look to Abraham, your father, and to Sara, who gave you birth; when
he was but one I called him, I blessed him and made him many" (Is 51:
1-2). When applied to Peter, this quality of foundation stone points to a new
beginning for the people of God.
•
The keys of the
Kingdom: Peter receives the keys of the Kingdom to bind and to loose, that is,
to reconcile people with God. The same power of binding and loosing is given to
the communities (Mt 18: 8) and to the disciples (Jn 20: 23). One of the points
on which the Gospel of Matthew insists is reconciliation and pardon (Mt 5: 7,
23-24, 38-42, 44-48; 6: 14-15; 18: 15-35). The reality is that in the 80s and
90s, there were many tensions and divisions within families in the communities
in Syria because of faith in Jesus. Some accepted him as Messiah whereas others
did not, and this was the source of many contrasting views and conflicts.
Matthew insists on reconciliation. Reconciliation kept on being one of the most
important tasks of coordinators of the communities. Like Peter they must bind
and loose, that is, labour so as to bring about reconciliation, mutual
acceptance, and build up true fraternity.
•
The Church: the word
Church, in Greek ekklesia, is found
105 times in the New Testament, almost always in the Acts and the Epistles. We
find the word only three times in the Gospels and only in Matthew. The word
means "a called assembly" or "chosen assembly". The word
applies to the people gathered, called by the Word of God, a people that seeks
to live the message of the Kingdom brought by Jesus. The Church is not the
Kingdom, but an instrument and a sign of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is greater.
In the Church, the community, all must see or should see what happens when a
group of people allows God to rule and take possession of its life.
•
Matthew: 16: 21-22:
Jesus completes what is lacking in Peter's reply, and Peter reacts by not
accepting.
Peter had confessed: "You
are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" In keeping with the prevailing
ideology of the time, he imagined a glorious Messiah. Jesus corrects him:
"It is necessary that the Messiah suffer and be killed in Jerusalem".
With the words "it is necessary", he says that suffering had been
foreseen in the prophecies (Is 53: 2-8). If the disciples accept Jesus as the
Messiah and Son of God, then they must accept him also as the Servant Messiah
who must die. Not just the triumph of glory but also the way of the cross! But
Peter will not accept Jesus' correction and tries to change his mind.
•
Matthew: 16: 23:
Jesus' reply to Peter: rock of scandal.
Jesus' reply is surprising:
"Get behind me, satan, you are a scandal to me, for you do not mind the
things of God, but those of men!" Satan is the one who leads us away from
the path marked out for us by God. Jesus literally says: "Get behind
me!" (in Latin, vada retro!).
Peter wanted to steer and point the way. Jesus says: "Get behind me!"
Jesus not Peter is the one who points the way and sets the rhythm. The disciple
must follow the master. He must live in constant conversion. Jesus' word was
also a message to all those who led the communities. They must
"follow" Jesus and they may not go before as Peter wished to do. It
is not only they who are able to point the way or the manner. On the contrary,
like Peter, instead of being a rock of support, they can become rock of
scandal. Such were some leaders of the communities at the time of Matthew.
There were ambiguities. The same may happen among us today.
A Further Explanation of the Gospels Concerning Peter:
A Portrait of St. Peter
Peter was transformed from
fisherman of fish to fisherman of men (Mk 1: 7). He was married (Mk 1: 30). He
was a good man and very human. He tended naturally to a role of leadership
among the twelve disciples of Jesus. Jesus respected this natural quality and
made Peter the leader of his first community (Jn 21: 17). Before joining Jesus'
community, Peter's name was Simon bar Jona (Mt 16: 17), Simon, son of Jonah.
Jesus nicknamed him Cephas or Rock, and this then became Peter (Lk 6: 14).
By nature, Peter could have been
anything but rock. He was courageous in speech, but at the hour of danger he
fell victim to fear and fled. For instance, when Jesus came walking on the
water, Peter asked: "Jesus, can I too come to you on the water?"
Jesus replied: "Come, Peter!" Peter then went out of the boat and
started walking on the water. But when a bigger wave came along, he got afraid
and began to sink. He then cried out: "Save me, Lord!" Jesus took
hold of him and saved him (Mt 14: 28-31). At the last supper, Peter said to
Jesus: "I shall never deny you, Lord!" (Mk 14: 31); yet a few hours
later, in the palace of the high priest, in front of a servant girl, when Jesus
had already been arrested, Peter denied Jesus swearing that he had no
connection with him (Mk 14: 66-72). In the garden of olives, when Jesus had
been arrested, he even used his word (Jn 18: 10), but then fled, leaving Jesus
alone (Mk 14: 50). Peter was not naturally rock! And yet the weak and human
Peter, so like us, did become rock because Jesus had prayed for him:
"Peter, I have prayed for you so that your faith may not fail; and, when
you have turned again, strengthen your brethren" (Lk 22: 31-32). That is
why Jesus was able to say: "You are Peter and upon this rock I will build
my Church" (Mt 16: 18). Jesus helped him to become rock.
After the resurrection, in
Galilee, Jesus appeared to Peter and asked him twice: "Peter, do you love
me?" And Peter replied twice: "Lord, you know that I love you"
(Jn 21: 15, 16). When Jesus put the same question to him the third time, Peter
was hurt. He must have remembered that he had denied him three times. So he
answered: "Lord, you know all things! You know that I love you!" It
was then that Jesus entrusted to him the care of the sheep: "Peter, feed
my sheep!" (Jn 21: 17). With Jesus' help, the strength of the rock grew in
Peter and he revealed himself on the day of Pentecost. On that day, when the
Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, Peter opened the doors of the upper
room where they were all gathered behind closed doors for fear of the Jews (Jn
20: 19), and, infused with courage, began to announce the Good News of Jesus to
the people (Acts 2: 14-40). From then on he never stopped! On account of this
courageous proclamation of the resurrection, he was arrested (Acts 4: 3).
During the interrogation he was forbidden to announce the good news (Acts 4:
18), but Peter did not obey the prohibition. He said: "We must obey God
rather then man!" (Acts 4: 19; 5: 29). He was arrested again (Acts 5: 18,
26). He was scourged (Acts 5: 40). But he said: "Thank you very much. But
we shall go on!" (cfr Acts 5:
42).
Tradition tells us that at the
end of his life, when he was in Rome, Peter had another moment of fear. But
then he went back, was arrested and condemned to death on the cross. However,
he asked that he might be crucified with his head down. He thought that he was
not worthy to die in the same way as his master, Jesus. Peter was true to
himself to the very end.
Psalm 103 (102)
Thanksgiving
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
and all that is within me, bless
his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who
forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the
Pit,
who crowns you with steadfast
love and mercy, who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your
youth is renewed like the eagles.
The Lord works vindication
and justice for all who are
oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast
love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.
He does not deal with us
according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high
above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love
toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our
transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities
those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. As
for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of
the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it
no more. But the steadfast love of the Lord
is from everlasting to
everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's
children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
The Lord has established his
throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Bless the Lord, O you his
angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word!
Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will!
Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Final Prayer
Lord Jesus, we thank for the
word that has enabled us to understand better the will of the Father. May your
Spirit enlighten our actions and grant us the strength to practice that which
your Word has revealed to us. May we, like Mary, your mother, not only listen
to but also practice the Word. You who live and reign with the Father in the
unity of the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
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