1 Peter 5:1-4; Psalm 23; Matthew 16: 13-19
Today’s psalm is so familiar, that on this feast of Peter’s chair (cathedra in Latin) in Rome, we might pray for the hierarchy in terms of our need for good shepherding. But our eyes are fixed on Jesus. How might he have prayed this psalm in the wilderness?
Read the whole psalm slowly, praying it with Jesus in the desert. If a word or phrase catches your heart stop there, and savor it until the juice is absorbed. Read/pray it again.
We ask you, Jesus, to break down any barriers between the hierarchy and the people they serve. Melt our hearts, and theirs, that we might be one in you. Thank you!