Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 23)
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
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There used to be two feasts of the Chair of Peter, the chair at Antioch, the other the chair at Rome. They have been combined into one feast celebrating Peter’s apostolic authority. Today would have been my mom’s 98th birthday. One of her joys in life was to visit the tomb of Saint Peter in the Scavi (the excavations) underneath Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. During that visit to Rome, she also met Pope John Paul II twice, once at the general audience and a week later at the Mass on the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle, February 22
