...y sobre esta roca edificaré mi iglesia...
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Brother Joseph was born in Chile in 1950, into a pious Roman Catholic family of Spanish descent. read more |
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of the Bishops of the Diocese of Chicago and Detroit
When our Lord Jesus Christ asked his apostles and disciples, ”Who do men say that I am?” the Apostle Peter confessed, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And straightway Christ answered, saying, “Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed it to thee, but My Father which is in heaven. And I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail over it” (Matt. 16, 15-19).
The rock upon which Christ built His Church is precisely that confession of the truth which the heavenly Father revealed in the Person of Jesus Christ, His Son and Word. This confession binds the Church together and makes her one body, receptive of divine illumination, able and sufficient to assemble at the Eucharistic table.
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