“This Old Testament officer was invested with a uniform of office and given some sort of key, either a symbolic key or an actual large key somehow pinned to his garment, given charge of the king’s castle, able to admit and dismiss in his absence.”
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Treasures in heaven (Sunday XXIV of Ordered time)
In our Gospel reading today we have the great confession of the Apostle S. Peter, at Caesarea Philippi, far, far north of Judah and Jerusalem, near what they call today the Golan Heights. Far beyond Galilee even, and the tranquility of the fishing villages. And so, far away from all things, Christ asks His menContinue reading “Treasures in heaven (Sunday XXIV of Ordered time)”