Abiding in truth that liberates...

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle

February 22

The feast of the Chair of St Peter commemorates the teaching authority 

of the Vicar of Christ. The Catechism teaches that "it is this Magisterium's task 

to preserve God's people from deviations and defections and to guarantee 

them the objective possibility of professing the true faith without error" 

so that "the People of God abides in the truth that liberates" (CCC 890).

 

  Prayer over the Offerings

(Today's Liturgy)

Accept with favor, O Lord, we pray,

the prayers and offerings of your Church,

that, with Saint Peter as her shepherd,

she may come to an eternal inheritance,

for it is through his teaching

that she holds the faith in its integrity.

Through Christ our Lord.

      Communion Antiphon
      (Today's Liturgy - Cf. Mt 16:16, 18)

Peter said to Jesus:  You are the Christ,

the Son of the living God.

And Jesus replied:  You are Peter,

and upon this rock I will build my Church.

Prayer after Communion

(Today's Liturgy )

O God, who at our celebration

of the feast day of the blessed Apostle Peter

have nourished us by communion in the Body

    and Blood of Christ,

grant, we pray, that this redeeming exchange

may be for us a Sacrament of unity and peace.

Through Christ our Lord.

Click here: Chair of St. Peter - YouTube (2 mins)

Click here: Of Chairs and Peter | Crisis Magazine

"How blessed is the Church of Rome, on which the Apostles 
poured forth all their doctrine along with their blood!" - Tertullian 

Perugino 

"Perhaps it would be a good thing if every Christian,

certainly every priest, could dream once in his life that he were pope, 

and wake from the nightmare in a sweat of agony." - Msgr Ronald Knox