Primacy of Peter and Papal Visit

The issues discuss in the bible reading of this Mass of the Good Shepherd have greatly to do with trusting the Lord. Jesus is constantly speaking to us, but do we hear Him?

He is the Good Shepherd and it is our needs He is speaking to. Jesus knows all of us, our good and our bad, yet He still loves us entirely. He doesn't just love the good in us, He also loves that which makes us sin. He is the way and the Light. It is through Him all things are made whole again.

When you look at the first Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, you can see the good works that Simon whom Christ named Peter, is doing. He, whom denied the Lord on the day of His execution, is the Rock that Jesus picked to lead us. He is the man whom Christ gave the keys to the kingdom, to bind us to Christ.

I think on the Primacy of Peter heavily this day. For in only a few days the Holy Father will arrive on these shores. He will be coming, not as a Rock star or as a Celebrity, but as the Shepherd of our Church. He is coming to help revitalize our spirits, Through the Holy Spirit. He is coming to give us a new Hope in the Old Truth that is Jesus.

I look forward to reading the speeches and watching the Masses. I look forward with an open heart to the words of the Holy Father. I don't think it will be easy to heal our Church in America, but I do know it will begin this week, with the Pope and the message of Christ, through whom all Good things happen.