Monday, November 18, 2024

Monday 33rd week of Ordinary time

 Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul


Peter was a fisherman turned Pope. 

Paul was a Pharisees turned Preacher.


Both lived and ministered in Rome. 


Both found their end in Rome

As Peter was crucified upside down on Vatican Hill

And Paul was beheaded outside the Walls of Rome


Both are buried in Rome

St. Peter at the Basilica at the Vatican. 

St. Paul at the Basilica Outside the Walls of Rome.


As we reflect upon the lives and deaths of Peter and Paul

In the dedication of the Basilicas in which they are buried in Rome 


 We reflect also upon what it means to be Roman Catholic

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