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DESCRIPTION:When Jesus’ disciple Simon confessed\, “You are the Christ\
 ,” Jesus responded\, “You are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my
  church.” This fisherman and his brother Andrew were the first disciples
  called by Jesus.\nPeter figures prominently in the Gospels\, often stumbl
 ing\, impetuous\, intense\, and uncouth. It was Peter who attempted to wal
 k on the sea\, and began to sink\; it was Peter who impulsively wished to 
 build three tabernacles on the mountain of the Transfiguration\; it was Pe
 ter who\, just before the crucifixion\, three times denied knowing his Lor
 d. But it was also Peter who\, after Pentecost\, risked his life to do the
  Lord’s work\, speaking boldly of his belief in Jesus. It was also Peter
 \, the Rock\, whose strength and courage helped the young church in its qu
 estioning about the mission beyond the Jewish community. Opposed at first 
 to the baptism of Gentiles\, he had the humility to admit a change of hear
 t\, and to baptize the Roman centurion Cornelius and his household. Even a
 fter this\, Peter had a continuing struggle with his conservatism\, for Pa
 ul\, writing to the Galatians\, rebukes him for giving way to the demands 
 of Jewish Christians to dissociate  himself from table-fellowship with Ge
 ntiles.\nThough the New Testament makes no mention of it\, the tradition c
 onnecting Peter with Rome is early and credible. According to a legend bas
 ed on that tradition\, Peter fled from Rome during the persecution under N
 ero. On the Appian Way\, he met Christ\, and asked him\, “Domine\, quo v
 adis?” (“Lord\, where are you going?”) Jesus answered\, “I am comi
 ng to be crucified again.” Peter thereupon retraced his steps\, and was 
 shortly thereafter crucified\, head downwards. “I am not worthy to be cr
 ucified as my Lord was\,” he is supposed to have said. As we watch Peter
  struggle with himself\, often stumble\, love his Lord and deny him\, spea
 k rashly and act impetuously\, his life reminds us that our Lord did not c
 ome to save the godly and strong but to save the weak and the sinful. Simo
 n\, an ordinary human being\, was transformed by the Holy Spirit into the 
 “Rock\,” and became the leader of the Church.\nSince 1908\, the eight 
 days between the feast of the Confession of Saint Peter and the feast of t
 he Conversion of Saint Paul have been observed ecumenically as the Week of
  Prayer for Christian Unity.
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SUMMARY:Confession of Saint Peter
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