THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM

I dismiss you from  your office, I remove you from your post, and the same day I call on my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.  I invest him with your robe, gird him with your sash, entrust him with your authority; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah. I place the key of the House of David on his shoulder; should he open, no one shall close, should he close, no one shall open. I drive like a peg into a firm place; he will become a throne of glory for his father's house.  Isa. 22:19-23

Mass Readings

How rich are the depths of God - how deep his wisdom and knowledge - and how impossible to penetrate his motives or understand his methods! Who could ever know the mind of the Lord? Who could ever be his counsellor? Who could ever give him anything or lend him anything? All that exists comes from him; all is by him and for him. To him be glory for ever! Amen. Rom. 11:33-36

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, 'Who do people say the Son of Man is?' And they said, 'Some say he is John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.'  'But you,' he said 'who do you say I am?' Then Simon Peter spoke up, 'You are the Christ,' he said, 'the Son of the living God.' Jesus replied, 'Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.' Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.   Matt. 16:13-20 

Heavenly Father, reveal your Son Jesus Christ to me. May I have personal relationship with Christ. Fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may ponder on the mystery of God's Kingdom. Guide my steps that I may merit the Kingdom of Heaven at the end of my pilgrimage here on earth. H.G.

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