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YOU ARE PETER AND ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH

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ST. PETER'S CHAIR WEEK 6 IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C MY DAILY OFFERING:  O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.  I offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, the union of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our Bishops and all Apostles of prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our holy Father Pope Francis this month.   Pieta  First Reading (s) First Peter 5:1-4  Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly Now I have something to tell your elders: I am an elder myself, and a witness to the sufferings of Christ, and with you I have a share in the glory that is to be revealed. Be the shepherds of the flock of God that is entrusted to you: watch over it, not simply as a duty but gladly, because God wants it; not for sordid money, but because you are eager to do