Episode 425 - Unleash the power within - Jesus moves from grief through action

It is moving to find Jesus grieving. "When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself." Mt 14:13-21 After this, he launches into action healing, multiplying bread, walking on water, Mt 14:22-36, casting demons from the Canaanite woman's daughter Mt 15: 21-28. After all that activity, He asks us with the Apostles, " Who do you say that I am?" Mt 16:13-23 Peter answers and Jesus declares: “You are the Christ, 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 the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”