29 June 2025 - Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
Acts 12:1-11; 2 Tim 4:6...18; Mat 16:13-19
Homily
Peter and Paul are the two pillars of the Church, and the Church has always celebrated them together in her worship. And that is why we celebrate them today, on this 29th day of June. It would be hard to find two men so different from each other. And yet the same love of Christ animated their lives, and both died as martyrs for their faith, in Rome, where two monumental statues commemorate them in St Peter's Square. Peter represents the Twelve whom Jesus chose for himself during his ministry here on earth, while Paul is the prototype of all those who were later called to be his witnesses.