"Ang akon Amay wala nagpahayag sa imo"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Mateo 16:13-20) 
Huwebes (Agosto 8)

Nagkadto si Jesus sa kadutaan sang Cesarea Filipo sa diin nagpamangkot sia sa iya mga gintuton-an, “Sin-o bala ang Anak sang Tawo suno sa mga tawo?”

Nagsabat sila, “May nagasiling nga si Juan Bautista. May iban nga nagasiling nga si Elias kag may iban pa gid nga nagasiling nga si Jeremias ukon iban nga mga propeta.”

Si Jesus nagpamangkot sa ila, “Pero suno sa inyo, sin-o bala ako?” 

Si Simon Pedro nagsabat, “Ikaw ang Cristo, ang Anak sang Dios nga buhi.” 

Si Jesus nagsabat, “Bulahan ka, Simon, anak ni Juan! Kay ini nga kamatuoran wala ginpahayag sa imo sang tawo, kundi sang akon Amay sa langit.

Kag ako nagasiling sa imo, ikaw si Pedro nga kon sayuron ‘Bato’ kag sa sini nga bato pagatukoron ko ang akon iglesia. Bisan ang gahom sang kamatayon indi makadaog sa iya.

Ihatag ko sa imo ang mga yabi sang Ginharian sang langit, kag kon ano ang imo ginadumilian sa duta pagadumilian man didto sa langit, kag kon ano ang imo ginatugotan sa duta pagatugotan man didto sa langit.” 

Dayon nagpaandam si Jesus sa iya mga gintuton-an, nga indi nila pag-isugid sa kay bisan sin-o nga sia 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".

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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?