June 28 and June 29

Saints Peter and Paul Apostles

From Deacon Dick~

Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul

This Solemnity is celebrated on June 29 which happens to fall on Sunday this year. Since both were martyrs, our liturgical color is red. Saint Augustine of Hippo mused that “both apostles share the same feast day, for these two were one; and even though they suffered on different days, they were as one. Peter went first, and Paul followed. And so we celebrate this day made holy for us by the apostles’ blood. Let us embrace what they believed, their life, their labors, their sufferings, their preaching, and their confession of faith.” 

As we honor these two pillars of the Church, we are reminded that they were ordinary individuals called to extraordinary vocations in which God used them in ways they could never have imagined. So, too with us as we embark on our Diocesan initiative: Remade For Mission. Let us pray: Saints Peter & Paul, once Christ called you, you responded with total abandonment to His holy will. Through you the Church was founded and began to grow. Please pray for us, that we will fully devote ourselves to the ongoing mission of the Church, so that God can use us according to His will. AMEN