ok, ok, I know it was yesterday, but I was very busy... Anyway, I have always loved this feast day, not only because it celebrates two of the greatest apostles, but because of the different paths they took to become apostles. Especially, today when we tend to focus on everything that is wrong with "the other", the fact that these two men are celebrated together despite their different approaches is powerful. I think that it is telling that the Church makes us celebrate these two men together. Catholics have usually been associated with Peter through the power of the keys while Protestants usually look to Paul and his fervant evangelization, but the Church reminds us all that we are followers of Christ and there is something missing when we deny the Christian name to others because their focus is not identical to ours. I also take solace in the fact that the people that Christ chose were not perfect, Peter would be extremely successful at times and then would fail, Paul started out persecuting Christians but then became one of its greatest advocates. Through the intercession of Saints Peter and Paul may we become more aware of Christian Unity.
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