Happy Feast Day Everyone!!!
Today we honor Sts. Peter and Paul, the first pope and Paul of Tarsus who was responsible for a considerable portion of the New Testament.
Simon Peter (d. AD 67), was the son of John or of Jonah and was from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee. His brother Andrew was also an Apostle.
Paul the Apostle, (c. AD 5 – c. AD 67), was one of the most influential First century Christian missionaries. His influence on Christian thinking has been extremely important due to his role as a prominent disciple of Christ during the spreading of the Gospel through early Christian communities throughout the Roman Empire.
The Trappist monks of the Tre Fontane (Three Fountains) Abbey raise the lambs whose wool that is used to make the pallia of new metropolitan archbishops. Though they are blessed by the Pope on the Feast of Saint Agnes (January 21), the Pope presents the pallia to the monks on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.
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