[Pope Francis has] said that we have to “be prepared to integrate all our own views of the Church––however legitimate they may be––into the horizon of Peter’s gaze.” And we have to integrate every personal idea or opinion about the Church––however legitimate they may be––into Peter’s specific mission.
What is Peter’s gaze? Peter’s gaze is the “pastoral charity that embraces the whole world and wishes to be present… in those all-too-often forgotten places where the needs of the Church and of humanity are the greatest,” not on the seats of honor. And what is Peter’s mission? Peter’s mission is to be “at the service of the communion and unity of Christ’s flock.” To be at the service of communion and unity: that’s the mission of Peter.
--Pope Francis,
qtd. by New Camaldoli Heritage
Image source: Charles Poërson, St. Peter Preaching in Jerusalem (1642),
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Peter_Preaching_in_Jerusalem_LACMA_M.81.73.jpg
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