Gospel of February 22, 2023 with the comment of Pope Francis

Today, we hear Jesus' question addressed to each of us: "And you, who do you say I am?". To each of us. And each of us must give an answer that is not theoretical, but which involves faith, that is, life, because faith is life! "For me you are ...", and to say the confession of Jesus.

A response that also requires of us, like the first disciples, the interior listening to the voice of the Father and the consonance with what the Church, gathered around Peter, continues to proclaim. It is a question of understanding who Christ is for us: if He is the center of our life, if He is the goal of all our commitment in the Church, of our commitment in society. Who is Jesus Christ for me? Who is Jesus Christ for you, for you, for you… An answer that we should give every day. (Pope Francis, Angelus, 23 August 2020)

Reading of the day From the first letter of St. Peter the Apostle 1Pt 5,1: 4-XNUMX Dear friends, I exhort the elders who are among you, as an elder like them, a witness to the sufferings of Christ and a sharer in the glory that must manifest itself: shepherd the flock of God that is entrusted to you, watching over them not because they are forced but willingly, as pleases God, not out of shameful interest, but with a generous spirit, not as masters of the people entrusted to you, but making you models of the flock. And when the Supreme Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not wither.

Gospel of the day From the Gospel according to Matthew Mt 16,13: 19-XNUMX At that time, Jesus, having arrived in the region of Caesarea di Filippo, asked his disciples: "Who do people say that the Son of man is?" They answered: "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, others Jeremias or some of the prophets." He said to them: "But who do you say I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for neither flesh nor blood have revealed it to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to you: you are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church and the powers of the underworld will not prevail over it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: everything you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and everything you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. "