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🗓️ 9 July 2024
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What can you learn from the life of St. Peter? Dr. Edward Sri shares this special episode while on location in Rome, Italy at the Basilica of St. Peter. He provides an overview of some of the significant architectural aspects of the square and the basilica. He also looks at the life of St. Peter to help each of us understand how to approach Jesus and allow him to heal us.
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0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Edwards Three, and welcome to all things Catholic recorded on location in St. Peter's Square while on pilgrimage in Rome. |
0:21.0 | Let's begin with a word of prayer in the name of the Father into the Son of the Holy Spirit. |
0:25.6 | Amen. |
0:26.6 | Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. |
0:28.8 | Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God |
0:36.3 | and pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Saints Peter |
0:41.9 | and Paul. St Philip Nere, patron of Rome. In the name of the Father and the |
0:46.9 | son, the Holy Spirit, Amen. So here we are in St. Peter's Square as we begin our pilgrimage walking with the great |
0:54.8 | Saints and martyrs of Rome. One of the things I just want to draw our attention to right |
0:59.6 | away is you stare at this magnificent building, this magnificent dome, we're in line, |
1:05.4 | we're just anxious to go inside, |
1:07.8 | but you may wonder what is this big thing |
1:10.2 | right in the middle of the square, |
1:11.8 | this Egyptian obelisk. |
1:14.0 | Why would we have an Egyptian obelisk, |
1:17.4 | a sign associated with Egyptian paganism? |
1:20.3 | Why would the Catholic church have an obelisk in the middle of its most principal church in the world? |
1:27.5 | That's a great question, isn't it? |
1:29.5 | I want to, let me tell you about this obelisk. |
1:31.5 | This obelisk actually used to be to the side, to the left side of St. |
1:34.8 | Peter's, and it was in the middle of Nero's circus. So the Romans brought back many artifacts from |
1:40.4 | Egypt and around the world. You'll see a pyramid here in Rome and you'll see |
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