Click on this picture for a close up view of the
sculpture of the front of the altar
Easter
Vigil 2008
Can you visualize the Trinity?
Pope John Paul II
Pope Benedict XVI
Matthew 16: 13 - 198
When Jesus went into the region of
Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do
people say that the Son of Man is?" They replied,
"Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still
others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
He said to them, "But who do
you say that I am?"
1 Simon Peter said
in reply, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." Jesus
said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son
of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly
Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed
in heaven."