Another word of God. LISTEN IS TO SILENT AS SILENT IS TO LISTEN (rumble words of silent is listen)
AUGUST 23, 2026 GOSPEL VERSE AND REFLECTION "YOU ARE PETER AND UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF THE NETHERWORLD SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT." MATTHEW 16:18
REFLECTION: At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples: "Who do you say that I am?" Peter answered: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus declared him blessed, for flesh and blood had not revealed this but the Father in heaven. Upon this confession, Christ built His Church, promising the gates of the netherworld would not prevail against it. Peter's faith was not born of human knowledge but of divine revelation. Our faith, too, is God's gift, to be received with gratitude and cultivated with fidelity. The Church built on this rock has survived two thousand years of persecution, heresy, and scandal—precisely because its foundation is divine. Make Peter's confession your own today: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And trust the promise that the Church, despite all human weakness, will never be overcome.
🙏PRAYER 🙏 My Lord, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Strengthen my faith and the faith of Your Church, that the gates of hell may never prevail against us. Jesus, I trust in You. AMEN! SOURCE: OremusApp