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[Emoke Greschik]

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter

Matthew 16:13-19






*Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus declares that Peter is the rock upon
which he will build his Church.The Church is built not on a worldly
foundation but on a mystical foundation, born of Peter’s faith in the
revealing God. The Church is neither democratic nor aristocratic—it is
charismatic. And this is where its power comes from. How has the Church
managed to survive over the centuries? It is the oldest institution in the
West, by far. Nations, empires, and institutions have come and gone, but
the Church remains. And the Church, founded on the rock of Peter, is
strangely there. Well, we have it from Jesus himself: "The gates of the
netherworld shall not prevail against it." Jesus then gives to Peter keys
as a sign of his authority: "I will give you the keys to the kingdom of
heaven." Chesterton commented on the keys, saying that they are strangely
shaped and they are hard. The Church’s creed, elaborating upon the
confession of Peter, is a strange and complex business; it is not something
that would be contrived by the mind of human beings. And it is hard,
unbending, unchanging—for its purpose is to open a very definite door.*

* Ó bűn nélkül fogantatott Szűz Mária, könyörögj értünk, kik hozzád
menekülünk! *
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