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From: "vanderkok [via Pixelpipe]"
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:02:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 2/22/11 CELEBRATING CHAIR OF ST. PETER
To: vanderkok@gmail.com
St. Augustine, 530p [fr afric] "The celeb today is known as the chair
of peter..what is the meaning ? We r not celebrating a physical
chair..it is a symbol ? In rome, during time when used to honor
dead..leave an empty chair in feb..to rep a deceased person ...a
person..they prayed for the person ..don't know when the death of
peter occurred..but the chair was an honor..today this reps the
authority of the papacy..just like ystrday we had president's
day....leadership of peter..christ founded church on statement peter
made...when Jesus asked 'Who do people say I am ?" Who do U say I am ?
Do u know about Christ or do u know Christ ? When make confession as
peter did, then truly strong blocks..dependable...each of us ..so we
pray for church leadership..and also that we ourselves know who christ
is..this we do all life..same w/ rships..couples.." 1 Pt 5:1-4 "Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow
presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a
share in the glory to be revealed. Tend the flock of God in your
midst, overseeing not by constraint but willingly as God would have
it, not for shameful profit but eagerly. Do not lord it over those
assigned to you, but be examples to the flock. And when the chief
Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. R.
(1) The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. The Lord
is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me
repose; Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. R.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall w for years to come. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Matt 16.13-19 "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.”
