Karl Michael
Happy Feast of the Chair of St. Peter!!
This feast brings to mind the mission of teacher and pastor conferred by Christ on Peter, and continued in an unbroken line down to the present Pope!
This chair refers to the occupant, not the furniture. Its first occupant stumbled a bit, denying Jesus three times and hesitating to welcome gentiles into the new Church. Some of its later occupants have also stumbled a bit, sometimes even failed scandalously. As individuals, we may sometimes think a particular pope has let us down. Still, the office endures as a sign of the long tradition we cherish and as a focus for the universal Church.
In my lifetime, i am blessed to witness 3 great occupants of the chair of St. Peter: St. John Paul II who taught me about Hope, Benedict XVI who taught me about Faith, and Francis who taught me about Charity.
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