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Message from Pastor

Dear brothers and sisters,

This Sunday we celebrate Saints Peter and Paul, two men transformed by their encounter with Christ. Two different stories, two different paths, but one common destiny: to give their lives for the Gospel. This solemnity invites us to look at our faith with gratitude and to renew our commitment as a community sent by the Lord.

Peter represents the Church that cares, that shepherds, that sustains. He was chosen by Jesus despite his fears and falls. How comforting it is to see that the Lord does not expect perfection, but rather sincere commitment! Peter reminds us that God trusts in us even when we fail.

Paul, the tireless apostle, reminds us that no one is so far removed that they cannot be reached by grace. From persecutor to evangelizer, his life encourages us to proclaim Christ without fear, in season and out of season, on the street, in the family, in our workplace. Our parish is also "missionary" when it lives with joy and hope.

Today we need to be a community that, like Peter and Paul, allows itself to be transformed by God's love. May it not withdraw into its doubts, but rise to serve, to listen, to journey together. This is also the call of the Synod: to be an outgoing Church, proclaiming Christ with witness more than with speeches, with actions more than with words.

Dear brothers and sisters, may this feast strengthen us. May we, as we look to Peter and Paul, remember that we are all called to be living stones, to contribute with our gifts to building the Kingdom here in our parish, in our city, in our history.

Happy Sunday!

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