In This Sunday's Gospel, Jesus Asks Us:
‘But who do you say that I am?’
‘You are Peter, and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.’
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles​
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Liturgical Colour: Red​
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Entrance Antiphon:
These are the ones who, living in the flesh,
planted the Church with their blood;
they drank the chalice of the Lord
and became the friends of God.
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Opening Prayer
O God, who on the Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul
give us the noble and holy joy of this day,
grant, we pray, that your Church
may in all things follow the teaching
of those through whom she received
the beginnings of right religion.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
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​Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
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Theme: They Lived, Bled, and were Crowned for Our Salvation
On this day, the Church found it necessary to honour Saints Peter and Paul, who both proclaimed the word, shed blood for establishing the Church of Christ among Jewish and Gentile nations, drank from the cup of salvation, and were crowned as friends of the Lord.