Thursday, September 17, 2020
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Guido Reni: Saint Peter
How to Suffer
“Peter is the saint in the Gospels who is most like us, the closest to our humanity, and yet also very close to Christ. We can always follow Peter. He always leads us to Jesus, he unites us to Jesus, because he never permitted his own frailty to separate his heart from Christ, even when he denied him”.
Dom Mauro Giuseppe Lepori, O. Cist. (Cameron)
We have been exploring the prophecy of Amos, a difficult and sometimes abrasive lesson to hear; and an even more difficult message to enact. Yet this is precisely the example that Peter provides for us today. A man who leaves all to follow the one who is all. A man who at first disbelieves the words he hears who eventually becomes so close to that Word that he gives even his life to live in eternal union with Christ. In this canticle from Peter’s first letter we find convincing evidence that we need to take the words of Amos to heart. We find the consummate example of how to live authentically, how to witness and how to find the narrow yet sure path that leads to God.
Let us spend some time today with Peter’s words in the first of his letters. Let us consider how these words call us to dissect the prophecy of Amos. And let us turn all of our suffering over to Christ who best knows how and when and why we suffer.
Enter the word Peter into the blog search bar to find more reflections on how this simple man calls each of us to a greatness that lasts forever.
Image from: https://www.wikiart.org/en/guido-reni/saint-peter-1634
Cameron, Peter John. “Meditation of the Day.” MAGNIFICAT. 5.9 (2013): 76-77. Print.
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I enjoy Father Lepori’s writings on St. Peter SOOO much. Is there a way to reach Father, to let him know how much his writings mean to me.
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I know what you mean. I have never tried to contact him but you might try going to http://www.ignatiuspress.com and sending a message using the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page. They may send your message along to him. Or you might try contacting him through the Cistercians at http://www.ocso.org/. Wishing you well! Thanks for stopping by The Noontimes.
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