After Matthew 16:16-20
What do the people
say, he asked, who
do the people say
I am? Perfunctory
and expected answers:
John the Baptist,
Elijah, Jeremiah,
a prophet like them,
that’s what the people
say. He makes it personal:
What about you? Who
do you say I am?
Simon Peter, ever large
and ever in charge,
answers, the Christ,
the son of the living God.
He responds: blessed
are you, Upon you,
upon this rock,
I will build my church.
Photograph by Zoltan Tasi via Unsplash. Used with permission.
Some Friday Readings
The One Walking in the Fog Beside Us – Lara d’Entremont at A Mother Held.
Let the Lord Handle It – Chris Martin at FYI.
“Awake, Arise,” hymn by Christopher Smart – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.
The Ingredients of a Petal – poem by Seth Lewis.
Milking a Two-Bucket Cow – Linda Egenes at Mary Swander’s Emerging Voices.
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