3rd Sunday of Easter: ‘Peter, Do You Love Me?’
SCRIPTURES & ART: To be the Vicar of Christ is to be a good shepherd like Christ, ready to lay down his life for the sheep — a martyrdom Jesus foretells in today’s Gospel.
Results from Tag: 'st. peter'
The Call of St. Peter
SCRIPTURES & ART: Holiness is greatness. Fear tries to drive away love. Don’t let it!
The Gates of Hell and the Death of Pan
St. Peter proclaimed a profound truth at Banias: The authority of the false gods was no more
Recruiting Fishers of Men
Maybe the Apostles were having a bad day fishing for fish — but it turned into a good day for “fishing for men.”
![Carl Bloch [1834-1890], “Peter’s Denial”](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20201130171144_92e990c9ddb22c33aa17d0e1dc8c86b0fea897a0274a978fb19f21685a12ffb1.jpeg "Carl Bloch [1834-1890], “Peter’s Denial”")
Is Peter’s Primacy Disproved by His Personality?
Jesus chose Peter and called him “the Rock” despite his tempestuous personality, not because of it.
![Fernando Gallego [1440-1507], “St. Andrew and St. Peter”](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2020113015114_a06d506c36c9be311ad5670172fc26e3dd2387502b66b35378f59d88b208535c.jpeg "Fernando Gallego [1440-1507], “St. Andrew and St. Peter”")
On the Feast of St. Andrew, Some Thoughts About Brothers
COMMENTARY: Twenty centuries ago, a brother knew he was his brother’s keeper.
St. Peter the Apostle — Given the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven
A multitude of groups claim St. Peter as their patron, including fishermen and clockmakers.
St. Peter’s Marriage and Priestly Celibacy
“Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her; and she served them.” (Mark 1:30-31)
Peter the Apostle, and Paul the Teacher of the Gentiles
COMMENTARY: Each in a different way gathered together the one family of Christ. And revered together throughout the world, they share one martyr’s crown.
