Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?

"Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?" Peter asked, knowing well he had no other choice. We too, baptized into Christ's death and resurrection, are left with no alternative but to be radical in our sequela of Christ—living out the promises made at the font.

"In the face of the advance of hedonism, the courageous witness of chastity is asked of you as the expression of a heart washed clean, knowing the beauty and price of God's love poured out in the baptismal waters. In the face of the thirst for money that widely prevails today, a sober life, ready to serve the neediest, is a reminder that you were clothed in Christ, not in the world's riches—that God is the true treasure that does not perish. Before the individualism and relativism that induce people to be a rule unto themselves, your fraternal life rooted in one baptism, one Lord, one faith, which can be coordinated and is thus capable of obedience, confirms that you place your fulfillment in God, in whose name you were sealed and claimed as His own."

Pope Benedict XVI