Karon, sang didto na sila ni Jesus sa lugar sang Cesarea Filipos nagpamangkot siya sa iya mga sumulunod, "Sin-o bala ang pagkilala sang mga tawo sa akon nga Anak sang Tawo?"
Nagsabat sila, "May nagasiling nga ikaw si Juan nga manugbautiso. Ang iban nagasiling nga ikaw si Elias. May iban pa gid nga nagasiling nga ikaw si Jeremias, kag kon indi, basta isa sa mga propeta."
Nagsiling si Jesus sa ila, "Pero sa inyo, sin-o bala ako?"
Nagsabat si Pedro, "Ikaw ang Cristo, ang Anak sang Dios nga buhi!"
Nagsiling si Jesus sa iya, "Simon nga anak ni Jonas, bulahan ka, tungod kay ang nagsugid sa imo sini nga butang indi tawo kundi ang akon Amay sa langit.
Kag sa sini ginatawag ko ikaw nga Pedro nga kon sayuron 'bato'. Kag sa sini nga bato pagatukuron ko ang akon iglesya kag bisan ang gahom sang kamatayon indi makadaog sa iya.
Sa imo ko ihatag ang awtoridad sa ginharian sang Dios. Ang bisan ano nga indi mo pagtugutan diri sa kalibutan amo man ang indi pagtugutan sang Dios, kag ang bisan ano nga tugutan mo amo man ang tugutan sang Dios."
Ginpaandaman dayon ni Jesus ang iya mga sumulunod nga indi gid sila magsugid bisan kay sin-o nga siya amo ang Cristo.
Prayers:
"Lord Jesus, I profess and believe that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. You are my Lord and my Savior. Make my faith strong like Peter's and give me boldness to speak of you to others that they may come to know you personally as Lord and Savior and grow in the knowledge of your love".
Reflection of the Daily Gospel:
Who is Jesus for you? At an opportune time Jesus tests his disciples with a crucial question: Who do men say that I am and who do you say that I am? He was widely recognized in Israel as a mighty man of God, even being compared with the greatest of the prophets, John the Baptist, Elijah, and Jeremiah. Peter, always quick to respond, exclaimed that he was the Christ, the Son of the living God. No mortal being could have revealed this to Peter; but only God. Jesus then confers on Peter authority to govern the church that Jesus would build, a church that no powers would overcome. Jesus plays on Peter's name which is the same word for "rock" in both Aramaic and Greek. To call someone a "rock" is one of the greatest of compliments. The ancient rabbis had a saying that when God saw Abraham, he exclaimed: "I have discovered a rock to found the world upon". Through Abraham God established a nation for himself. Through faith Peter grasped who Jesus truly was. He was the first apostle to recognize Jesus as the Anointed One (Messiah and Christ) and the only begotten Son of God. The New Testament describes the church as a spiritual house or temple with each member joined together as living stones (see 1 Peter 2:5). Faith in Jesus Christ makes us into rocks or spiritual stones. The Lord Jesus tests each of us personally with the same question: Who do you say that I am?
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