Daily Inspiration

“Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." -Matthew 16:13-19

In this Scripture reading we, here and now, have a direct tie to Christ our Lord. As Jesus built His Church on Peter and the men who would succeed him, Christ also built it with the followers of the Lord, who followed Him then, and those who have come after Him for millennia. Read the Scripture carefully. The gates are not there to protect Heaven from Hell. It is the Church that assaults the gates of the enemy.  My friends, what is your battle plan today? How will you, dear member of the Body of Christ, assault the gates of the netherworld?

Saint Monica, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you!