The declaration by St Peter of his belief in Jesus is reciprocated by the Lord with his gift of "The Keys". It is this gift that is the justification for our institutional Church. It is a commission from God directly to Peter and the other disciples and it tis the same commission that has been  dishonoured throughout history as the Church grew in numbers and the Clergy grew in power. Dissolute prelates, priests and popes fill the pages of history books. Even Peter who obviously believed his declaration would abandon the Lord on Calvary. But on Calvary would remain the beloved disciple and Mary our Mother with the other women and it is this group which forms the Church of Love.

Jesus is God and would know what was to be the result of his commissioning words. We who are struggling today in the grip of a plague of virus and the more serious  betrayal of Christ's teaching by many of his ministers know that God will save us and the saving Grace will not be a vision but the reality of Mary's prayers of Love in our hearts..

Dear Lord let the unwavering confidence of St Paul bolster me to do your will today and everyday that I will be here on earth.