The Gates of Hell shall not prevail

[Cup_o_Joe]

Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 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 HELL shall NOT prevail against it."

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It has been 1978 years since this happened. And the gates of hell have not prevailed and will not prevail, praise God.

 

[Peggy_in_Burien]

Thank you. There are days like today, when I need to be reminded of Jesus’ promise to us.

 

[Cup_o_Joe]

glad to help.

 

[Cup_o_Joe]

Bump

 

[Cup_o_Joe]

Tantum Ergo Sacramentum

 

[Peggy_in_Burien]

Tantum Ergo Sacramentum

Where is the 2010 World Youth Day to be held?

 

[NHInsider]

Where is the 2010 World Youth Day to be held?

I don’t think there is a gathering in 2010 (the Vatican Radio commentator on the Palm Sunday procession mentioned that the reason for the international students in the procession was that World Youth Day is observed on Palm Sunday in years when there is no international gathering).

 

[Peggy_in_Burien]

I don’t think there is a gathering in 2010 (the Vatican Radio commentator on the Palm Sunday procession mentioned that the reason for the international students in the procession was that World Youth Day is observed on Palm Sunday in years when there is no international gathering).

I thought it had been celebrated during the summer the year my son wanted to go…

What is the “international gathering” that trumps the World Youth Day?

 

[Cup_o_Joe]

In between the international pilgrimages of World Youth Day, there are local World Youth Days in the world’s Dioceses on Palm Sunday. The biggest gathering of Course is in Vatican City. Here’s what the Holy Father said during his homily of World Youth day this past Sunday:
Pope Benedict XVI:

“As we conclude this celebration our thoughts cannot but turn to the Palm Sunday of 25 years ago. It was 1985 that the United Nations declared the “Year of Young People.” Venerable John Paul II wanted to welcome that occasion and, commemorating Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, acclaimed by his disciples, initiated the World Youth Days. Since then Palm Sunday has acquired this characteristic that every two or three years it is also marked by great global meetings, tracing a kind of pilgrimage of young people across the whole planet, following Jesus."

"My beloved predecessor invited young people to profess their faith in Christ, “who took man’s cause upon himself”. Today I renew this call to the new generation to give witness by the meek and luminous power of the truth, so that the men and women of the third millennium do not lack the most authentic model: Jesus Christ.