The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)

Day 117: Come Down, Peter

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Apr 27, 2025
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INSIGHT

Peter's Call To Come Down

  • Peter desired to stay on the mountaintop with Jesus, Moses, and Elijah, but God teaches that they are one and indivisible.
  • Augustine emphasizes the call to come down, preach, endure, and labor in the world for holiness and charity.
ANECDOTE

Francis' Advice On Community Life

  • A friar wanted to leave community life for the hermitage to pray alone, but St. Francis advised him to remain with brothers in love.
  • Francis recognized running away from hardship isn't authentic; the call is to work and love within the community.
INSIGHT

Mountaintop Prayer And Daily Life

  • Like Peter and Francis, Jesus calls us to come down from mountaintop prayer into daily life charity and struggles.
  • Daily hardships and fidelity are the hammer shaping us into God's image, while prayer is the fire that prepares us for that.
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