SERMON/HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER 22ND FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER 22ND FEBRUARY 2024 1Peter 5:1-4; Ps.23; Matthew 16:13-19 Divine Presence through Authority Today, we celebrate the Chair of St. Peter. To better understand what we celebrate, it is necessary we first understand what we are not celebrating. We are not celebrating a worm-eaten oak-wood arm-chair supposedly used by Peter. Our focus is not on an artifact or monument that reminds us of the glory of earlier days. We are celebrating something alive. The Chair of St. Peter signifies the authority Jesus gave to Peter to be the head of his Church. How this authority came about is contained in today’s gospel. However, we are not celebrating Peter as a person. Usually, when people get elected into a political or any exalted office, a party is thrown in their honour to celebrate their achievement. They are the center of attraction. That is not the case here. In this celebration of the Chair of St. Peter, Peter is not the center of attraction but ...